Bromus alopecuros

Bromus alopecuros Poiret (syn.: B. alopecuroides Poiret, B. contortus Desf.)  (Medit., SW-As.) – An exceptional and ephemeral alien. Recorded only once as a grain alien in 1958 near Andrimont.

Bromus alopecuros, inflorescence Bromus alopecuros, spikelet

Herbarium specimen

 


Selected literature:

Acedo C. & Llamas F. (1994) Bromus alopecuros a new record for the Iberian Peninsula, with morphological, chorological and nomenclatural observations on the B. lanceolatus group. Fl. Medit. 4: 203-212.

Scratchpads developed and conceived by (alphabetical): Ed Baker, Katherine Bouton Alice Heaton Dimitris Koureas, Laurence Livermore, Dave Roberts, Simon Rycroft, Ben Scott, Vince Smith