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Fringed brome

Bromus ciliatus L.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Bromus

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Common names

By language (3)
Arabic
شويعرة مهدبة
Chinese
加拿大雀麥, 加拿大雀麦
English
Fringed brome

Synonyms

  • Bromopsis canadensis (Michx.) Holub
  • Bromopsis ciliata (L.) Holub
  • Bromus canadensis Michx.
  • Bromus canadensis subsp. yezoensis (Ohwi) Vorosch.
  • Bromus capillaris Vahl ex Hornem.
  • Bromus ciliaris Panz.
  • Bromus ciliatus f. denudatus Wiegand
  • Bromus ciliatus f. intonsus (Fernald) F.Seym.
  • Bromus ciliatus var. ciliatus
  • Bromus ciliatus var. denudatus (Wiegand) Fernald
  • Bromus ciliatus var. intonsus Fernald
  • Bromus denseciliatus Steud.
  • Bromus dudleyi Fernald
  • Bromus hookeri E.Fourn.
  • Bromus hookeri subvar. brevicaulis E.Fourn.
  • Bromus hookeri var. canadensis (Michx.) E.Fourn.
  • Bromus hookeri var. ciliatus (L.) E.Fourn.
  • Bromus hookeri var. longicaulis E.Fourn.
  • Bromus inermis var. ciliata (L.) Trautv.
  • Bromus inermis var. ciliatus (L.) Trautv.
  • Bromus pubescens f. glabriflorus (Wiegand) Voss
  • Bromus pubescens var. canadensis Eaton & Wright
  • Bromus pubescens var. ciliatus Eaton & Wright
  • Bromus purgans var. ciliatus (L.) Kuntze
  • Bromus purgans var. pallidus Hook.
  • Bromus richardsonii subsp. pallidus (Hook.) Piper & Beattie
  • Bromus richardsonii var. pallidus (Hook.) Shear
  • Bromus segetum Schltdl. & Cham.
  • Bromus yezoensis Ohwi
  • Forasaccus ciliatus (L.) Lunell
  • Zerna canadensis (Michx.) Tzvelev
  • Zerna ciliata (L.) Henrard
  • Zerna yezoensis (Ohwi) Sugim.

Flowers

Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native

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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.