Poaceae
Poverty brome
Bromus sterilis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bromus
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- شويعرة عقيمة
- arz
- شويعره عقيمه
- Belarusian
- Каласоўнік бясплодны
- Bulgarian
- Дългоосилеста овсига
- Chinese
- 贫育雀麦
- Czech
- Sveřep jalový
- Danish
- Gold Hejre
- Dutch
- IJle dravik
- English
- Poverty brome, Barren brome
- Estonian
- Kahar luste
- Finnish
- Hietakattara
- French
- Brome stérile
- German
- Taube Trespe
- hsb
- Hłucha kostrjawa
- Hungarian
- Meddő rozsnok
- Italian
- Bromo sterile
- Latvian
- Neauglīgā jumtauza
- Macedonian
- Штура класатка, Штура класица
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sandfaks
- os
- Бадзычъы
- Polish
- Stokłosa płonna
- Russian
- Костёр бесплодный
- Slovenian
- Jalovi glistnik, Jalova stoklasa
- Spanish
- Espigajo
- Swedish
- Sandlosta
- Welsh
- Pawrwellt hysb
Synonyms
- Anisantha sterilis (L.) Nevski
- Anisantha sterilis var. sicula (Strobl) H.Scholz
- Anisantha sterilis var. stenantha (Chiov.) H.Scholz
- Anisantha sterilis var. velutina (Volkens ex Hegi) Tzvelev
- Anisantha sterilis var. velutinus (Volkart ex Hegi) Tzvelev
- Bromus amplus K.Koch
- Bromus delicatulus Sennen
- Bromus distichus Moench
- Bromus grandiflorus K.Koch
- Bromus grandiflorus Weigel
- Bromus jubatus Ten.
- Bromus jubatus Vill.
- Bromus longe-aristatus Gilib.
- Bromus scaberrimus St.-Lag.
- Bromus scaberrimus Ten.
- Bromus sterilis f. glaberrimus Soó
- Bromus sterilis f. hirsutior Waisb.
- Bromus sterilis f. nanus Bolzon
- Bromus sterilis f. pilosus Rohlena
- Bromus sterilis var. arrectus Schur
- Bromus sterilis var. glabrescens Zapał.
- Bromus sterilis var. humilis Tinant
- Bromus sterilis var. intermedius Rchb.
- Bromus sterilis var. jubatus (Ten.) Heynh.
- Bromus sterilis var. lanuginosus (Rohlena) Asch. & Graebn.
- Bromus sterilis var. oligostachyus Asch. & Graebn.
- Bromus sterilis var. pubescens Kuntze
- Bromus sterilis var. purpureus Schur
- Bromus sterilis var. scaberrimus (Ten.) Fiori
- Bromus sterilis var. siculus Strobl
- Bromus sterilis var. stenanthus Chiov.
- Bromus sterilis var. trichanthus Kuntze
- Bromus sterilis var. typicus Fiori
- Bromus sterilis var. validus Zapał.
- Bromus sterilis var. velutinus Volkens ex Hegi
- Bromus sterilis var. viridis Schur
- Bromus tenorianus Schult.
- Festuca sterilis Jess.
- Forasaccus distichus Bubani
- Genea sterilis (L.) Dumort.
and 2 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 398 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Andrés Romero Bravo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Emanuele Santarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 19:12, 20 August 2005, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wolfgang Jauch, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: AnRo0002, 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.