Poaceae
Brachypodium retusum
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Brachypodium
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Common names
By language (5)
- Catalan
- Llistó
- Croatian
- Razgranjena kostrika
- German
- Ästige Zwenke
- mul
- Mediterranean false brome
- Spanish
- Cervero, Fenal, Fenazo, Grama colgante, Hierba yesquera, Laston mediterraneo, Laston mediterráneo, Laston ramoso
Synonyms
- Brachypodium allionii C.Presl
- Brachypodium bofillii Sennen
- Brachypodium boissieri Nyman
- Brachypodium boissieri f. aristatum H.Lindb.
- Brachypodium caespitosum (Desf.) C.Presl
- Brachypodium capillifolium Sennen
- Brachypodium cespitosum var. ramosum (Roth) Benth.
- Brachypodium hostii Link
- Brachypodium mucronatum Willk.
- Brachypodium obtusifolium Link
- Brachypodium phoenicoides var. bracteolatum Guss.
- Brachypodium phoenicoides var. mucronatum (Willk.) Henriq.
- Brachypodium pinnatum var. mucronatum (Willk.) Pérez Lara
- Brachypodium pinnatum var. ramosum (Roem. & Schult.) Fiori
- Brachypodium plukenetii (All.) C.Presl
- Brachypodium ramosum Roem. & Schult.
- Brachypodium ramosum f. capillaceum Maire
- Brachypodium ramosum f. plukenetii (All.) Hayek
- Brachypodium ramosum subsp. boissieri (Nyman) Nyman
- Brachypodium ramosum subsp. boissieri (Boiss.) St.-Yves
- Brachypodium ramosum subsp. euramosum St.-Yves
- Brachypodium ramosum subvar. anatherum St.-Yves
- Brachypodium ramosum subvar. bofillianum St.-Yves
- Brachypodium ramosum subvar. genuinum Litard.
- Brachypodium ramosum var. boissieri (Nyman) Nyman
- Brachypodium ramosum var. plukenetii (All.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Brachypodium ramosum var. roemeri St.-Yves
- Brachypodium ramosum var. scabriculme Maire
- Brachypodium ramosum var. scabriculmis Maire
- Brachypodium ramosum var. scoparium Sennen
- Brachypodium scoparium Sennen
- Brachypodium willkommii Sennen ex St.-Yves
- Brachypodium willkommii Sennen ex St.-Yves
- Brachypodium wilsonis Sennen ex St.-Yves
- Bromus pluckenetii All.
- Bromus retusus Pers.
- Festuca caespitosa Desf.
- Festuca obtusifolia Lag. ex Link
- Festuca phoenicoides var. ramosa (Roth) Mutel
- Festuca ramosa (Roem. & Schult.) Roth
and 2 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
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Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Herbarium of the University of Coimbra, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.