Weed
rye brome
FloretFloret:
A small flower in a clustered inflorescence (e.g., sunflower, grasses). In grasses, a floret consists of the lemma, palea, stamens, and pistil.
Long and ellipticElliptic:
Outline of an ellipse; greatest width midway sloping to an equally pointed apex and base.
Dark brown
Smooth
LemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.
, paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo.
, and caryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
are about the same length.
Same length as lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla.; keel hairs hispid.
Short awnAwn:
A narrow, bristle-like organ, as on the glumes or lemmas of grasses (Poaceae).
is on the lemma apexApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
. RachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
bowed with a large scar.
The caryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa). is about the same length as the lemmaLemma:
One of two bracts of the grass floret; it is located on the side nearest the embryo and opposite the rachilla. and paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo.. It is also thick and deeply indented longitudinally.
State Noxious Weed: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, WyomingÂ
Included
For more information, see ISMA fact sheet.
Poaceae
Bromus secalinus L.
