View source for Bromus catharticus var. catharticus

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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Bromeae;Bromus;Bromus sect. Ceratochloa;Bromus catharticus;Bromus catharticus var. catharticus
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|volume=Volume 24
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or biennial; tufted. <b>Culms</b> 30-120 cm, erect or decumbent. <b>Sheaths</b> usually densely, often retrorsely, hairy, hairs sometimes confined to the throat; ligules 1-4 mm, glabrous or pilose, erose; blades 4-26 cm long, 3-10 mm wide, glabrous or hairy on both surfaces. <b>Panicles</b> 9-28 cm, open, erect or nodding; lower branches 1-4 per node, spreading or ascending, with 1-5 spikelets. <b>Spikelets</b> 20-30 mm, with 6-12 florets. <b>Lower</b> glumes 5-7-veined; upper glumes 9-13 mm, (7)9(11)-veined; lemmas 11-20 mm, glabrous or scabrous, sometimes pubescent distally, (9)11-13-veined; awns absent or to 3.5 mm; anthers about 0.5 mm in cleistogamous florets, 2-4 mm in chasmogamous florets. <b>2n</b> = 42.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Bromus catharticus </i>var.<i> catharticus</i> is native to South America. It has been widely introduced in the flora region as a forage crop and is now established, particularly in the southern half of the United States. It usually grows on disturbed soils.</p>
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|family=Poaceae
|illustrator=Cindy Roché
|illustration copyright=Utah State University
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
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