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Bromus alopecuros (weedy brome)

Synonyms: Bromus alopecuroides var. calvus; Bromus alopecuros var. poiretianus; Bromus scoparius var. alopecuros; Serrafalcus alopecuros; Serrafalcus macrostachys var. minor

Wikipedia Abstract

Bromus alopecuros is a species of brome grass known by the common name weedy brome. 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 45 centimeters tall. The inflorescence is a dense packet of spikelets with tangling, curved awns.
View Wikipedia Record: Bromus alopecuros

Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  High
Lifespan [2]  Annual
Structure [3]  Grass

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Rdumijiet ta' Malta: Ir-Ramla tac-Cirkewwa sa Il-Ponta ta' Benghisa 5724 Malta  

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0