Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bromus latiglumis
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Read more about Earlyleaf Brome at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bromus latiglumis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Bromus latiglumis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-14-006?:
Bromus purgans FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus latiglumis
COMMON NAME:
Riverbank Brome, Auricled Brome, Hairy Woodbrome, Earlyleaf Brome
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_brla4_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_brla4_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Bromus latiglumis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Bromus latiglumis
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Bromus latiglumis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-14-006?:
Bromus purgans
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Bromus latiglumis
4384
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Habitat: alluvial soils along rivers, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Plants not strongly rhizomatous, the stems solitary or tufted
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle
FRUIT:
Grain reddish
Grain
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