Bromus alopecuros
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Subfamily: | Pooideae |
Genus: | Bromus |
Species: | B. alopecuros
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Binomial name | |
Bromus alopecuros |
Bromus alopecuros is a species of brome grass known by the common name weedy brome.[1]
It is native to the Mediterranean basin, and it is known in other places, including Australia, South Africa, and California, as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. It is an annual grass producing stems up to 83 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a dense packet of spikelets with tangling, curved awns.
References
[edit]- ^ Acedo, Carmen; Llamas, Félix (1999). The Genus Bromus L. (Poaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula. J. Cramer. pp. 92–95. ISBN 978-3-443-78004-3.
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