Poaceae
Slender soft brome
Bromus lepidus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bromus
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Common names
By language (10)
- Chinese
- 鱗稃雀麥, 鳞稃雀麦
- Czech
- Sveřep ladný
- Dutch
- Sierlijke dravik
- English
- Slender soft brome, Slender soft-brome
- Finnish
- Sirokattara
- French
- Brome gracieux
- German
- Zierliche Trespe
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Harefaks
- Swedish
- Finlosta
- Welsh
- Pawrwellt main
Synonyms
- Bromus bidentatus Holmstr. & H.Scholz
- Bromus britannicus I.A.Williams
- Bromus brittanicus I.A.Williams
- Bromus gracilis Krösche
- Bromus hordeaceus subsp. lepidus (Holmb.) A.Pedersen
- Bromus hordeaceus subvar. microstachys Hack.
- Bromus incisus R.Otto & H.Scholz
- Bromus lepidus f. spathaceus Holmb.
- Bromus mollis subsp. lepidus (Holmb.) Suess.
- Bromus mollis var. lepidus (Holmb.) Suess.
- Bromus mollis var. microstachys Duval-Jouve
- Bromus mollis var. mollissimus Baudin
- Bromus oostachys Bornm.
- Serrafalcus mollis var. microstachys Rouy
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Bécourt, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan Eggenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan Eggenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan Eggenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: E. P. Bicknell, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karjagin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: A. de Cagne, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: J.E. Dandy, CC0, 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.