Poaceae
Rattlesnake brome
Bromus briziformis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bromus
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Common names
By language (6)
- Belarusian
- Каласоўнік дрыжнікападобны
- Czech
- Sveřep třeslicovitý
- English
- Rattlesnake brome
- Finnish
- Räpelökattara
- Latvian
- Trīseņu lāčauza
- Swedish
- Darrgräslosta
Synonyms
- Bromus briziformis var. aristata Willk.
- Bromus briziformis var. dasyanthus Lomakin ex Grossh.
- Bromus briziformis var. thalysianus Pénzes
- Bromus dasyanthus (Lomakin ex Grossh.) Tzvelev
- Bromus squarrosus var. muticus C.A.Mey.
- Serrafalcus briziformis (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Amo
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, 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.