Agricultural
smooth 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.
SpatulateSpatulate:
Having a narrow base and rounded apex. Pear-shaped.
, long and flat
Brown
Smooth and wrinkled
Flat, papery, and nearly transparent at the edges
Flat, papery and strong central nerve; margins with many fine hairs.
Long, thin rachillaRachilla:
The axis of a spikelet.
with scabrousScabrous:
Rough to the touch, covered with minute points of very short, stiff hairs.
hairs
CaryopsisCaryopsis:
The single-seeded fruit or grain of the grass family (Poaceae); the fruit wall (pericarp) is united with the seed coat (testa).
is dark brown and can be seen though 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.
. B. inermis differs from B. biebersteinii by having many fine hairs on its paleaPalea:
One of the thin bracts of grass floret enclosing the fruit (caryopsis) that is located on the side opposite the embryo. margins, rather than bristles.
Not listed
Included
Poaceae
Bromus inermis Leyss. subsp. inermis
