Poaceae

Mountain brome

Bromus marginatus Nees ex Steud.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bromus

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Mountain brome: Bromus marginatus in Meeker, CO, USA — Photo: Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)

Chinese: 山地雀麥, 山地雀麦
Czech: Sveřep kýlnatý horský
English: Mountain brome

Synonyms

Bromus breviaristatus Buckley
Bromus carinatus var. marginatus (Nees ex Steud.) Barkworth & Anderton
Bromus flodmanii Rydb.
Bromus hookeri var. marginatus (Nees ex Steud.) E.Fourn.
Bromus latior (Shear) Rydb.
Bromus marginatus var. breviaristatus (Buckley) Beetle
Bromus marginatus var. latior Shear
Bromus marginatus var. seminudus Shear
Bromus parviflorus A.Gray
Bromus pauciflorus Shear
Bromus proximus Shear
Bromus sitchensis var. marginatus (Nees ex Steud.) B.Boivin
Ceratochloa marginata (Nees ex Steud.) W.A.Weber
Forasaccus marginatus (Steud.) Lunell

Flowers

Flower colour: yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

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

Photos

Photo: Howard F. Schwartz, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Andrey Zharkikh, CC BY 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.