Bromus inermis

Bromus inermis Leyss., Fl. Halens. 16 1761. (Syn: Bromopsis inermis (Leyss.) Holub …….; Bromus erectus Ledeb. [Invalid] .; Bromus glabrescens Honda; Bromus inermis f. aristatus Drobow …………………………………….; Bromus inopinatus B.B.Brues & C.T.Brues; Bromus latifolius Kar. & Kir.; Bromus littoreus Georgi; Bromus pseudoinermis Schur [Invalid]; Bromus pskemensis Pavlov; Bromus purpurascens Turcz. ex Griseb. [Invalid]; Bromus reimannii (Asch. & Graebn.) Asch. & Graebn.; Bromus tatewakii Honda; Festuca inermis (Leyss.) DC. ..; Festuca leysseri Moench; Festuca poiformis Pers. [Illegitimate]; Festuca poioides Thuill.; Festuca rubra subsp. villosa (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) S.L.Liou .; Festuca speciosa Schreb.; Forasaccus inermis (Leyss.) Lunell; Poa bromoides (Leyss.) Mérat; Schedonorus inermis (Leyss.) P.Beauv.; Schedonorus longifolius Trin. ex Steud. [Invalid]; Zerna inermis (Leyss.) Lindm. .);
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Temp. Eurasia: Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Manchuria, Mongolia, Netherlands, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Pakistan, Poland, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russi, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Arizona, Arkansas, Belgium, Bolivia, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, Egypt, Finland, Georgia, Great Britain, Greenland, Guatemala, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Labrador, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Peru, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon as per POWO;

Afghanistan; Alabama; Alaska; Alberta; Altay; Amur; Argentina Northeast; Arizona; Arkansas; Austria; Baltic States; Belarus; Belgium; Bolivia; British Columbia; Bulgaria; Buryatiya; California; Cape Provinces; Central European Rus; China North-Central; China South-Central; China Southeast; Chita; Colorado; Connecticut; Czechoslovakia; Delaware; Denmark; District of Columbia; East European Russia; Egypt; Finland; France; Georgia; Germany; Great Britain; Greece; Greenland; Guatemala; Hungary; Iceland; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Inner Mongolia; Iowa; Iran; Irkutsk; Italy; Japan; Kamchatka; Kansas; Kazakhstan; Kentucky; Khabarovsk; Kirgizstan; Korea; Krasnoyarsk; Krym; Labrador; Louisiana; Magadan; Maine; Manchuria; Manitoba; Maryland; Masachusettes; Mexico Northeast; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi; Missouri; Mongolia; Montana; Nebraska; Netherlands; Nevada; New Brunswick; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New Mexico; New South Wales; New York; New Zealand North; New Zealand South; Newfoundland; North Carolina; North Caucasus; North Dakota; North European Russi; Northern Provinces; Northwest European R; Northwest Territorie; Norway; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Ohio; Oklahoma; Ontario; Oregon; Pakistan; Pennsylvania; Peru; Poland; Primorye; Prince Edward I.; Qinghai; Qubec; Rhode I.; Romania; Sakhalin; Saskatchewan; South Carolina; South Dakota; South European Russi; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tadzhikistan; Tennessee; Texas; Tibet; Transcaucasus; Turkey; Turkey-in-Europe; Turkmenistan; Tuva; Ukraine; Uruguay; Utah; Uzbekistan; Vermont; Virginia; Washington; West Himalaya; West Siberia; West Virginia; Wisconsin; Wyoming; Xinjiang; Yakutskiya; Yugoslavia; Yukon as per Catalogue of Life;
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Common name: Smooth Brome
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Bromus inermis Leyss. from Srinagar, Kashmir:
Bromus inermis Leyss., Fl. Hal. 16. 1761.

Syn: Festuca inermis (Leyss.) Lam. & DC.

Common names: Awnless brome, smooth brome, Russian bromegrass

Perennial grass distinct from other species of Bromus in its narrow, strict erect awnless spikelets.

Perennial grass with solitary or loosely tufted stems up to 1 m tall; leaves glabrous or sparsely hairy, up to 30 cm long, 4-7 mm broad; spikelets narrowly oblong, 15-25 mm long, 6-12 flowered, forming 10-20 cm long panicle with 3-5 branches at each node; glumes unequal, lower 4-6 mm long, upper 6-9 mm long; lemmas 8-12 mm long, 5-7 veined, awnless or barely with 3 mm long awn.
Photographed from Srinagar, Kashmir.