Bromus erectus
Bromus erectus, commonly known as erect brome, upright brome or meadow brome, is a dense, course, tufted perennial grass. It can grow to . Like many brome grasses the plant is hairy. The specific epithet erectus is Latin, meaning "erect". The diploid number of the grass is 56. Description
Bromus erectus is a perennial, tufted grass with basal tufts of cespitose leaves that is nonrhizomatous. The culms grow between  in height. The internodes are typically glabrous. The flattened cauline leaves have pubescent or glabrous sheaths. The leaf blades are  long and  wide. The grass lacks auricles and the ligule is blunt but finely serrated, sometimes with hairy edges. The contracted and ellipsoid panicle is usually upright, rather than nodding, measuring  long. The lanceolate spikelets are  long and have five to twelve flowers. The glumes are acute, with the lower glumes one-nerved and  long, and the upper glumes three-nerved and  long. The glabrous or slightly scabrous lemmas are prominently nerved and  long, with awns  long. The anthers are  long. B. erectus flowers in June and July. Range
Found on well-drained calcerous soils in disturbed areas, fields, and roadsides, B. erectus is widespread in Europe, South West Asia, North West Africa, and has been introduced into North America. References

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Plants described in 1762
Flora of Europe
Flora of North Africa
Flora of Western Asia
Taxa named by William Hudson (botanist)