Poaceae

Porter brome

Bromus porteri (Coult.) Nash

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bromus

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Porter brome (Bromus porteri) — FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

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English: Porter brome, Nodding brome

Synonyms

Bromopsis porteri (Coult.) Holub
Bromus ciliatus var. montanus Beal
Bromus ciliatus var. porteri (Coult.) Rydb.
Bromus ciliatus var. scariosus Scribn.
Bromus kalmii var. occidentalis Beal
Bromus kalmii var. porteri Coult.
Bromus scabratus Scribn.

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kallum McDonald, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Steve Matson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY 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.