Poaceae

Heath false brome

Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) P.Beauv.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Brachypodium

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Heath false brome (Brachypodium pinnatum) — FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (24)

arz: عشب تور
Asturian: Punta d'espadaña
Basque: Albitz
Belarusian: Каратканожка перыстая
Bulgarian: Перест късокрак
Chinese: 羽状短柄草
Czech: Válečka prapořitá, Válečka skalní
Danish: Bakke-Stilkaks
Dutch: Gevinde kortsteel
English: Heath false brome, Tor grass, Tor-grass
Estonian: Sulg-aruluste
Finnish: Mäkiluste, Mäkilehtoluste
French: Brachypode penné
German: Fieder-Zwenke, Fiederzwenke, Gewöhnliche Fieder-Zwenke, Stein-Zwenke, Felsen-Zwenke
Latvian: Plūksnainā īskāje
Macedonian: Переста кусоношка
Norwegian Bokmål: Kalkgrønnaks
pcd: Iérpéssurte
Persian: چمنجاروی جنگلی ژاپنی
Polish: Kłosownica pierzasta
Russian: Коротконожка перистая
Slovenian: Navadna glota, Skalna glota
Swedish: Backskafting, Axlosta, Spärrlosta
Welsh: Breichwellt y calch

Synonyms

Agropyron gracile Chevall.
Agropyron pinnatum (L.) Chevall.
Avena laeta Salisb.
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 corniculatum Dumort.
Brachypodium corniculatum (Lam.) Dumort.
Brachypodium genuense (DC.) Roem. & Schult.
Brachypodium hickelis Sennen ex St.-Yves
Brachypodium intermedium Schur
Brachypodium juzepczukii (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
Brachypodium pinnatum f. collinum (Rchb.) Posp.
Brachypodium pinnatum f. leiostachys Soó
Brachypodium pinnatum f. minus (Schur) Anghel & Beldie
Brachypodium pinnatum f. patens Merino & Roman
Brachypodium pinnatum f. pubescens Pamp.
Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. cespitosum (Host) Hack.
Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. glaucovirens Murb.
Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. gracile Soó
Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. juzepczukii Tzvelev
Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. ligulatum Buia
Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. pinnatum
Brachypodium pinnatum subsp. rupestre (Host) Schübl. & G.Martens
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. caespitosum (Host) Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
Brachypodium pinnatum var. collinum (Rchb.) Asch. & Graebn.
Brachypodium pinnatum var. genuense (DC.) J.Woods
Brachypodium pinnatum var. glabratum Spenn.
Brachypodium pinnatum var. glabrescens Coss. & Germ.
Brachypodium pinnatum var. glabrum Rchb.
Brachypodium pinnatum var. glaucum Gaudin & Monnard
Brachypodium pinnatum var. glomeratum Zimm.
Brachypodium pinnatum var. gracile Asch. & Graebn.

and 51 more.

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 31 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Roman A. Lagazyuk (Роман А. Лагазюк), CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Enrico Blasutto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alexander Dubynin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Argo Navis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tomáš Svačina, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.