Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : broco
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous
Common name: meadow brome
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Wiesen-Trespe ; ES : bromo confuso ; FR : brome confondu ; IT : forasacco allungato ; PT : ; EN : meadow brome ;
Biological type: Annual
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- Shoot rolled, leaf sheath tubular and hairy to downy, leaf flat, leaf blade moderately hairy.
- Ligule 1 to 4 mm long, white, at first with entire margin, blunt, later becoming torn. Auricles absent.
- Height: 40 to 120 cm.
- Shoot erect or geniculate and ascending, usually rather short, nodes pubescent.
- Leaves flat and soft.
- Inflorescence: Panicle more or less erect or slightly nodding; looser and longer than B. mollis. Spikelets 18 to 28 mm long, of 5 to 8 florets, hairless, ovate lanceolate. Lemmas with membranous margins and fine straight awn from just below the tip.
Biological type: Annual.
Mistake with: Bromus
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Present
