Poaceae

Field brome

Bromus arvensis L.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bromus

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Field brome (Bromus arvensis) — Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (19)

Arabic: شويعرة حقلية, ذيل الثعلب
arz: شويعره حقليه
Belarusian: Каласоўнік палявы
Bulgarian: Полска овсига
Chinese: 田雀麥, 田雀麦, 苇状雀麦, 葦狀雀麥
Czech: Sveřep rolní
Dutch: Akkerdravik
English: Field brome
Esperanto: Kampbromuso
Estonian: Põldluste
Finnish: Pyörtänökattara
German: Acker-Trespe
hsb: Rólna kostrjawa
Latvian: Tīrumu lāčauza, Tīruma lāčauza
Macedonian: Полска класатка, Полска класица
Polish: Stokłosa polna
Romanian: Obsigă de câmp, Obsigă de cîmp
Ukrainian: Vирза
Welsh: Pawrwellt y maes

Synonyms

Avena arvensis (L.) Salisb.
Bromus arvensis f. compactus (Asch. & Graebn.) Todor
Bromus arvensis f. degener (Schur) Todor
Bromus arvensis f. diffusus Todor
Bromus arvensis f. flavescens Holmb.
Bromus arvensis f. puberulus H.Lindb.
Bromus arvensis f. umbrosus Hausskn.
Bromus arvensis f. violaceus (Asch. & Graebn.) Todor
Bromus arvensis subsp. hyalinus (Schur) Domin
Bromus arvensis subsp. parviflorus (Desf.) H.Scholz
Bromus arvensis subsp. segetalis H.Scholz
Bromus arvensis subvar. depauperatus Coss. & Germ.
Bromus arvensis unranked splendens (Velen.) Velen.
Bromus arvensis var. compactus Asch. & Graebn.
Bromus arvensis var. degener Schur
Bromus arvensis var. degeneri Schur
Bromus arvensis var. depauperatus Coss. & Germ.
Bromus arvensis var. diffusus Neilr.
Bromus arvensis var. diffusus Schur
Bromus arvensis var. diffusus (Neilr.) Todor
Bromus arvensis var. fragilis Schur
Bromus arvensis var. giganteus Zapał.
Bromus arvensis var. hyalinus (Schur) Schur
Bromus arvensis var. inermis Schumach.
Bromus arvensis var. intermedius Kozuharov, Stoeva & Kuzmanov
Bromus arvensis var. intermedius Mutel
Bromus arvensis var. laxus Asch. & Graebn.
Bromus arvensis var. nutans Neilr.
Bromus arvensis var. oliganthos Hartm.
Bromus arvensis var. oliganthus Hartm.
Bromus arvensis var. phragmitoides (A.Nyár.) Borza
Bromus arvensis var. pubiflorus N.H.F.Desp.
Bromus arvensis var. recurvatus H.Lindb.
Bromus arvensis var. sericostachys Halácsy
Bromus arvensis var. splendens (Velen.) Velen.
Bromus arvensis var. triflorus Asch. & Graebn.
Bromus arvensis var. turcicus Pénzes
Bromus arvensis var. typicus Fiori
Bromus arvensis var. velutinus Hausskn.
Bromus arvensis var. versicolor Schur

and 28 more.

Flowers

In flower: June (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bildoj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dilrukshan Priyantha Wijesinghe, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: liliane Pessotto, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Mathieu Menand, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Mathieu Menand, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Augustin Roche, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.