Bromus scoparius

Bromus scoparius
Seedheads
Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Bromus
Species:	B. scoparius
Binomial name
Bromus scoparius L.
Synonyms [1]
List Anisantha rigens(L.) Nevski Bromus cavanillesiiWillk. Bromus confertusM.Bieb. Bromus degeniiPénzes Bromus erectusMoris Bromus humilisCav. Bromus ovatusGaertn. Bromus rigensL. Bromus scoparius f. cylindricusKozuharov, Stoeva & Kuzmanov Bromus scoparius f. pauciflorusKozuharov, Stoeva & Kuzmanov Serrafalcus cavanillesiiWillk. Serrafalcus scoparius(L.) Parl.

Bromus scoparius, the broom brome, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. ^[2] It is native to the Mediterranean, Crimea, the Middle East, the Caucasus region, Central Asia, Xinjiang in China, and on to the northwest Indian Subcontinent, and has been introduced to Chile, California, a few locales in the eastern US, and southeast China. ^[1] A somewhat weedy annual, it prefers to grow in grasslands. ^[3]

References

1. "Bromus scoparius L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 389. ISBN   9781420003222.
3. Guarino, Riccardo; Ferrario, Benedetta; Mossa, Luigi (2005). "A stochastic model of seed dispersal pattern to assess seed predation by ants in annual dry grasslands". Plant Ecology. 178 (2): 225–235. Bibcode:2005PlEco.178..225G. doi:10.1007/s11258-004-3655-4. S2CID   10197850.