Bromus catharticus




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Scientific name Bromus catharticus Vahl
Synonyms Bromus angustatus Pilger; Bromus breviaristatus (Hooker) Thurber; Bromus brongniartii Kunth; Bromus haenkeanus (J. Presl) Kunth; Bromus mathewsii Steudel; Bromus preslii Kunth; Bromus schraderi Kunth; Bromus strictus Brongniart; Bromus unioloides Kunth; Bromus unioloides Kunth forma cleistogama Hackel; Bromus unioloides Kunth forma chasmogama Hackel; Bromus unioloides Kunth forma pseudoparviflorus Koos; Bromus unioloides Kunth subforma achalensis Hackel; Bromus unioloides Kunth var. humilis Spegazzini; Bromus unioloides Kunth var. glaucescens Nees von Esenbeck; Bromus unioloides Kunth var. haenkeanus (J. Presl) Shear; Bromus unioloides Kunth var. sanjuaninus Hieronymus; Bromus unioloides (Willdenow) Raspail; Bromus willdenowii Kunth; Ceratochloa breviaristata Hooker; Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter; Ceratochloa haenkeana J. Presl; Ceratochloa pendula Schrader; Ceratochloa secunda J. Presl; Ceratochloa unioloides (Willdenow) Palisot de Beauvois; Ceratochloa willdenowii (Kunth) W. A. Weber; Festuca unioloides Willdenow; Forasaccus breviaristatus (Hooker) Lunell; Schedonorus unioloides (Kunth) Roemer & Schultes; Zerna unioloides (Kunth) Lindman
Common name (Japanese common name) inu-mugi [false wheat]
(English common name) rescuegrass, rescue brome, prairie grass
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] Venezuela, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay
Chromosomal number 2n=28, 42, 56
Description Plants 40-100cm. Leaves 15-30cm length, 4-10mm width. Flowers spikelets 20-30mm, flowering in April to May. Winter annual or perennial plants.
Reference Bromus catharticus Vahl
Bromus catharticus Vahl
Note Naturalized plants (first recorded in 1882)



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April 2007 at riverside