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Earlyleaf brome

Bromus latiglumis (Shear) Hitchc.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Bromus

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Earlyleaf brome: Bromus latiglumis, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Original: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/31375981
Photo: Reuven Martin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Earlyleaf brome

Synonyms

  • Bromopsis latiglumis (Shear) Holub
  • Bromus altissimus Pursh
  • Bromus altissimus f. incanus (Shear) Wiegand
  • Bromus ciliatus subvar. latiglumis Farw.
  • Bromus ciliatus var. incanus (Shear) Farw.
  • Bromus incanus (Shear) Hitchc.
  • Bromus latiglumis f. incanus (Shear) Fernald
  • Bromus latiglumis f. latiglumis
  • Bromus purgans var. incanus Shear
  • Bromus purgans var. latiglumis Shear
  • Forasaccus latiglumis (Shear) Lunell
  • Zerna latiglumis (Shear) Henrard

Characteristics

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