Bromus intermedius (Bromus intermedius)
Description
Annual. Culms erect or obliquely ascending, 20-60 cm tall, glabrous. Leaf sheaths pubescent; leaf blades 5-10 cm - 2-4 mm, flat, scattered pubescent. Panicle lax, 5-10 cm, erect or nodding; branches 1 or 2(-5) per node, slender, recurved, glabrous, each bearing 1-3 spikelets; pedicels about as long as or longer than spikelet. Spikelets lanceolate, 10-15(-25) mm, with curved pubescence; rachilla internodes short, not exposed; glumes unequal, lower glume 4-5 mm, upper glume 6-8 mm; lemmas oblong-lanceolate, 7-9 mm, pubescent, margins narrowly membranous, apex deeply 2-toothed, teeth 2-3 mm; awn 5-9 mm, base slightly flattened and twisted, spreading or recurved; palea shorter than lemma. Anthers ca. 1 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Jul. 2n = 14.Moist places in fields, deciduous forests; 1200-1800 m. Xinjiang [N Africa, SW Asia, S Europe].The presence of this species in China has not been confirmed.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Poales
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Family: Poaceae
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Genus: Bromus
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