Poaceae
Erect brome
Bromus erectus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bromus
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Common names
By language (19)
- Arabic
- شويعرة منتصبة
- Armenian
- Բրոմոպսիս Զանգեզուրի
- arz
- شويعره منتصبه
- Bulgarian
- Изправена овсига
- Chinese
- 直立雀麦
- Czech
- Sveřep vzpřímený
- Dutch
- Bergdravik
- English
- Erect brome
- Esperanto
- Rekta bromuso
- Estonian
- Püstluste
- Finnish
- Pystykattara
- French
- Brome dressé
- German
- Aufrechte Trespe
- hsb
- Runa kostrjawa
- Lithuanian
- Stačioji dirsė
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Rakfaks
- Polish
- Stokłosa prosta
- Slovenian
- Pokončni stoklasec
- Swedish
- Raklosta
Synonyms
- Bromofestuca cojocnensis Prodan
- Bromofestuca cojocnensis Prodan
- Bromopsis alexeenkoi (Tzvelev) Czerep.
- Bromopsis aspera Fourr.
- Bromopsis caprina (A.Kern. ex Hack.) Banfi & N.G.Passal.
- Bromopsis erecta (Huds.) Fourr.
- Bromopsis erecta subsp. alexeenkoi (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Bromopsis erecta subsp. gordjaginii (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Bromopsis erecta subsp. longiflora (Willd. ex Spreng.) Dostál
- Bromopsis erecta subsp. microchaeta (Font Quer) H.Scholz & Valdés
- Bromopsis erecta subsp. permixta (H.Lindb.) H.Scholz & Valdés
- Bromopsis erecta subsp. stenophylla (Link) H.Scholz & Valdés
- Bromopsis erecta subsp. transylvanicus (Steud.) H.Scholz & Valdés
- Bromopsis gordjaginii (Tzvelev) Galushko
- Bromopsis microchaeta (Font Quer) Holub
- Bromopsis permixta (H.Lindb.) Holub
- Bromopsis stenophylla (Link) Lazzeri
- Bromopsis transylvanica (Steud.) Holub
- Bromopsis zangezura Ogan.
- Bromus agrestis All.
- Bromus angustifolius Hornem.
- Bromus angustifolius Schrank
- Bromus arvensis Lam.
- Bromus asper Pall. ex M.Bieb.
- Bromus bertolae Colla
- Bromus caprearum Hack.
- Bromus caprinus A.Kern. ex Hack.
- Bromus collinus Phil.
- Bromus condensatus var. australis Griseb.
- Bromus dolichostachys Phil.
- Bromus erectus f. humilis Asch. & Graebn.
- Bromus erectus f. viviparus Ugolini
- Bromus erectus subsp. caprearum Oudem.
- Bromus erectus subsp. euerectus Asch. & Graebn.
- Bromus erectus subsp. microchaetus (Font Quer) Maire & Weiller
- Bromus erectus subsp. multiflorus K.Richt.
- Bromus erectus subsp. permixtus H.Lindb.
- Bromus erectus subsp. stenophyllus (Link) Asch. & Graebn.
- Bromus erectus subsp. transylvanicus (Steud.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Bromus erectus subsp. uniculmis Sennen
and 98 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 70 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Irene Saltini, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gabriel Mayrhofer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mirko Ubović, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Philokretes, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Björn Sothmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.