| 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) |
