View source for Bromus sterilis

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|accepted_name=Bromus sterilis
|accepted_authority=L
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|common_names=Barren brome
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Anisantha sterilis
|authority=unknown
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Bromeae;Bromus;Bromus sect. Genea;Bromus sterilis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Bromeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Bromus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Bromus sect. Genea]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Bromus sterilis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 224
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual. <b>Culms</b> 35-100 cm, erect or geniculate near the base, glabrous. <b>Sheaths</b> densely pubescent; auricles absent; ligules 2-2.5 mm, glabrous, acute, lacerate; blades 4-20 cm long, 1-6 mm wide, pubescent on both surfaces. <b>Panicles</b> 10-20 cm long, 5-12 cm wide, open; branches 2-10 cm, spreading, ascending or drooping, rarely with more than 3 spikelets. <b>Spikelets</b> 20-35 mm, usually shorter than the panicle branches, sides parallel or diverging distally, moderately laterally compressed, with 5-9 florets. <b>Glumes</b> smooth or scabrous, margins hyaline; lower glumes 6-14 mm, 1(3)-veined; upper glumes 10-20 mm, 3(5)-veined; lemmas 14-20 mm, narrowly lanceolate, pubescent or puberulent, 7(9)-veined, rounded over the midvein, margins hyaline, apices acuminate, bifid, teeth 1-3 mm; awns 15-30 mm, straight, arising 1.5 mm or more below the lemma apices; anthers 1-1.4 mm. <b>2n</b> = 14,28.</span><!--

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|distribution=Wash.;Del.;D.C.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);N.J.;N.Mex.;Tex.;N.C.;Tenn.;N.Y.;Pa.;B.C.;Ont.;R.I.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Calif.;Ala.;Oreg.;Ark.;Ill.;Ind.;Ariz.;Idaho;Conn.;Md.;Mass.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Mich.;Okla.;Miss.;Ky.
|discussion=<p><i>Bromus sterilis</i> is native to Europe, growing from Sweden southward. In the Flora region, it grows in road verges, waste places, fields, and overgrazed rangeland. It is widespread in western and eastern North America, but is mostly absent from the Great Plains and the southeastern states.</p>
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name=Bromus sterilis
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|authority=L
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Anisantha sterilis
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|family=Poaceae
|distribution=Wash.;Del.;D.C.;W.Va.;Pacific Islands (Hawaii);N.J.;N.Mex.;Tex.;N.C.;Tenn.;N.Y.;Pa.;B.C.;Ont.;R.I.;Nev.;Va.;Colo.;Calif.;Ala.;Oreg.;Ark.;Ill.;Ind.;Ariz.;Idaho;Conn.;Md.;Mass.;Ohio;Utah;Mo.;Mich.;Okla.;Miss.;Ky.
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Bromeae
|genus=Bromus
|section=Bromus sect. Genea
|species=Bromus sterilis
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