Poaceae
Columbia brome
Bromus vulgaris
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bromus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Columbia brome
Synonyms
- Bromopsis vulgaris (Hook.) Holub
- Bromus ciliatus var. glaberrimus Suksd.
- Bromus ciliatus var. ligulatus Macoun
- Bromus ciliatus var. pauciflorus Vasey ex Beal
- Bromus debilis Shear
- Bromus eximius Piper
- Bromus eximius subsp. robustus (Shear) Piper
- Bromus eximius subsp. umbraticus Piper
- Bromus eximius var. robustus (Shear) Piper
- Bromus purgans var. vulgaris Hook.
- Bromus vulgaris subsp. eximius (Shear) Piper & Beattie
- Bromus vulgaris subsp. robustus (Shear) Piper & Beattie
- Bromus vulgaris var. eximius Shear
- Bromus vulgaris var. robustus Shear
- Bromus vulgaris var. vulgaris
- Zerna vulgaris (Hook.) Henrard
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 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.