Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 101, 155 (1812) (syn: Agropyron pinnatum (L.) Chevall. ; Avena laeta Salisb. ; Brachypodium corniculatum Dumort. ; Bromus corniculatus Lam. ; Bromus pinnatus L. ; Festuca pinnata (L.) Huds. ; Tragus pinnatus (L.) Panz. ; Triticum bromoides Weber ; Triticum pinnatum (L.) Moench ; Triticum pinnatum var. corniculatum Mathieu ; Agropyron gracile Chevall. ; Brachypodium abbreviatum Dumort. ; Brachypodium barrelieri Roem. & Schult. ; Brachypodium caespitosum var. collinum Rchb. ; Brachypodium cespitosum Roem. & Schult. ; Brachypodium constrictum Hook.f. ; Brachypodium contractum C.Presl ; Brachypodium genuense (DC.) Roem. & Schult. ; Brachypodium hickelis Sennen ex St.-Yves ; Brachypodium intermedium Schur ; Brachypodium juzepczukii (Tzvelev) Tzvelev ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. abbreviatum (Dumort.) Asch. & Graebn. ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. barrelieri (Ten.) J.Woods ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. bracteatum Le Gall ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. brevius Gray ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. collinum (Rchb.) Asch. & Graebn. ; Brachypodium pinnatum f. collinum (Rchb.) Posp. ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. genuense (DC.) J.Woods ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. glabratum Spenn. ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. glabrescens Coss. & Germ. ; Brachypodium pinnatum subvar. glabrescens (Coss. & Germ.) St.-Yves ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. glabrum Rchb. ; Brachypodium pinnatum subvar. glabrum (Rchb.) Coss. & Germ. ; Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. glaucovirens Murb. ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. glaucum Gaudin & Monnard ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. glomeratum Zimm. ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. hispidum (Parn.) Plues ; Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. juzepczukii Tzvelev ; Brachypodium pinnatum f. leiostachys Soó ; Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. ligulatum Buia ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. ligulatum (Buia) Anghel & Beldie ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. macedonicum Kit. ; Brachypodium pinnatum subvar. megastachyum (R.Uechtr. ex Asch. & Graebn.) Hayek ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. megastachyum R.Uechtr. ex Asch. & Graebn. ; Brachypodium pinnatum f. minus (Schur) Anghel & Beldie ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. minus Schur ; Brachypodium pinnatum f. patens Merino & Roman ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. pubescens Rchb. ; Brachypodium pinnatum f. pubescens Pamp. ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. pubescens Gray ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. setifolium (Schur) Asch. & Graebn. ; Brachypodium pinnatum f. setifolium (Schur) Bolzon ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. villosissimum Domin ; Brachypodium pinnatum subvar. villosum (Lej. & Courtois) St.-Yves ; Brachypodium pinnatum var. villosum Lej. & Courtois ; Brachypodium ponticum Velen. ; Brachypodium rupestre f. abbreviatum (Dumort.) Soó ; Brachypodium rupestre f. scholzii Soó ; Brachypodium rupestre var. setifolium (Schur) Soó ; Brachypodium setifolium Schur ; Brachypodium tenerum Velen. ; Brachypodium tenoreanum Schult. ; Bromus fragilis Schrank ; Bromus gracilis var. pauper Schrank ; Bromus pinnatus var. gracilis Lilj. ; Bromus pinnatus var. tigurinus Suter ; Bromus strictus Haller f. ; Bromus tigurinus Suter ; Festuca barrelieri Ten. ; Festuca genuensis (DC.) Pollini ; Festuca pinnata var. glabra Coss. & Germ. ; Triticum barrelieri (Ten.) Kunth ; Triticum genuense DC. ; Triticum pinnatum var. abbreviatum (Dumort.) Mathieu ; Triticum pinnatum var. compositum Parn. ; Triticum pinnatum var. hirsutum Parn. ; Triticum pinnatum var. hispidum Parn.);
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Temp. Eurasia to Himalaya, Eritrea: Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Eritrea, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Mongolia, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tuva, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, West Siberia, Yakutiya; Introduced into: California, Massachusetts, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Oregon as per POWO;
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SK 4069 10 September 2025 – Grass: 8 high res. images.
Altitude : 1450m.
Habit : Wild
The elevation and the inflorescence pattern looks somewhat different.
https://www.growiser.net/bromus-vulgaris-columbia-brome.html.
It is not Bromus as the inflorescence is a raceme and not a panicle. In Brachypodium sylvaticum, the leaf sheaths and nodes would be very hairy, which is not perceivable in the photos. B.pinnatum is also very common at high altitudes from 1800 to 3000m
https://osogovonature.com/2023/07/04/brachypodium-pinnatum-l-p-beauv/
Yes. It is sometimes erect, but usually becomes pendulous when seeds mature and become heavy and even otherwise when wet with dew or rain. In temperate valleys of the Himalayas, especially on northern shady slopes and cool valley bottoms, it can grow at lower altitudes too. In northern Europe and other temperate regions of the world, it can also grow at sea level. Some of the inflorescences may remain erect at all times. A lot of variation is there with respect to size of plant, size and number of spikelets, proliferation of florets, awn length, etc. Sometimes, even hairiness is variable making it very indistinguishable from B.sylvaticum.
It is also easily confused with certain forms of Elymus semicostatus, which can be distinguished by its blunt palea tip which is clearly shorter than the lemma.
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal Wikipedia