Poaceae
California brome
Bromus carinatus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bromus
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Common names
By language (9)
- arz
- بروموس كاريناتوس
- Chinese
- 長芒扁雀麥, 长芒扁雀麦, 显脊雀麦, 顯脊雀麥
- Czech
- Sveřep kýlnatý
- Dutch
- Gekielde dravik
- English
- California brome, Hoary brome
- Estonian
- Kiiljas andrik
- German
- Kalifornische Trespe
- hsb
- Kaliforniska kostrjawa
- nv
- Tłʼohtsoh ntłʼizí
Synonyms
- Bromus californicus Nutt. ex Buckley
- Bromus carinatus var. californicus Shear
- Bromus carinatus var. carinatus
- Bromus carinatus var. densus Shear
- Bromus carinatus var. hookerianus (Thurb.) Shear
- Bromus carinatus var. linearis Shear
- Bromus compressus Lag.
- Bromus hookeri var. pendulinus (Sessé ex Lag.) E.Fourn.
- Bromus hookeri var. schaffneri E.Fourn.
- Bromus hookeri var. schlechtendalii E.Fourn.
- Bromus hookerianus Thurb.
- Bromus hookerianus var. minor Scribn.
- Bromus laciniatus Beal
- Bromus luzonensis J.Presl
- Bromus nitens Nutt. ex A.Gray
- Bromus oregonus Shear
- Bromus pendulinus Sessé ex Lag.
- Bromus proximus var. schlechtendalii (E.Fourn.) Shear
- Bromus schaffneri (E.Fourn.) Scribn. & Merr.
- Bromus sitchensis var. carinatus (Hook. & Arn.) R.E.Brainerd & Otting
- Bromus subvelutinus Shear
- Bromus virens Buckley
- Bromus virens var. minor Scribn. ex Beal
- Ceratochloa carinata (Hook. & Arn.) Tutin
- Ceratochloa carinata var. hookeriana (Thurb.) Tzvelev
- Ceratochloa carinata var. hookerianus (Thurb.) Tzvelev
- Ceratochloa grandiflora Hook.
- Ceratochloa laciniata (Beal) Holub
- Festuca pendulina Spreng.
- Stipa virletii E.Fourn.
- Trisetum luzonense (J.Presl) Steud.
- Trisetum luzonensis (J.Presl) Steud.
- Triticum luzonense (J.Presl) Kunth
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
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 
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.