Poaceae
Orcutt's brome
Bromus orcuttianus
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bromus
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- شويعرة أوركوت
- arz
- شويعره اوركوت
- English
- Orcutt's brome
Synonyms
- Bromopsis orcuttiana (Vasey) Holub
- Bromus brachyphyllus Merr.
- Bromus hallii (Hitchc.) Saarela & P.M.Peterson
- Bromus orcuttianus var. hallii Hitchc.
- Bromus orcuttianus var. orcuttianus
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dean Wm. Taylor, 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.