Agricultural, Weed
prairie grass, rescue grass, Schrader's bromegrass
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
Lanceolate
Brown
GlabrousGlabrous:
Lacking hairs or pubescence.
and smooth, sometimes with sparse and short hairs.
Long pointed and laterally folded. Strong longitudinal nerves; no awnsAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
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Obscured by being folded into the caryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
RachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
scar is not parallel with the rachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet. axis.
Bromus catharticus is strongly folded laterally. It can be distinguished from Bromus marginatus by being thicker and by having more conspicuous longitudinal nerves on the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
. FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil. is laterally compressed.
Not listed
Included
Poaceae
Bromus catharticus Vahl var. catharticus
Bromus haenkeanus (J. Presl) Kunth
Bromus mathewsii Steud.
Bromus schraderi Kunth
Bromus strictus Brongn.
Bromus tacna Steud. ex Lechl., nom. nud.
Bromus unioloides Kunth
Bromus unioloides Kunth var. unioloides
Bromus willdenowii Kunth
Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter
Ceratochloa haenkeana J. Presl
