Barren brome, Poverty brome, Sterile brome,
Hebrew: ברומית עקרה, Arabic: شويعرة عقيمة
| Scientific name: | Bromus sterilis L. | |
| Synonym name: | Anisantha sterilis (L.) Nevski, Genea sterilis (L.) Dumort. | |
| Common name: | barren brome, poverty brome, sterile brome | |
| Hebrew name: | ברומית עקרה | |
| Arabic name: | شويعرة عقيمة | |
| Family: | Graminea (Poaceae), Grass Family, משפחת הדגניים |
Bromus sterilis, Anisantha sterilis, Genea sterilis, barren brome, poverty brome, sterile brome, ברומית עקרה, شويعرة عقيمة |
| Life form: | Annual | |
| Spinescence: | non | |
| Succulence: | non | |
| Stems: | Culms 35-100 cm, erect or geniculate near the base, glabrous. | |
| Leaves: | Sheaths densely pubescent; auricles absent; ligules 2-2.5 mm, glabrous, acute, lacerate; blades 4-20 cm long, 1-6 mm wide, pubescent on both surfaces. | |
| Inflorescence: | A purplish or green panicle, lax, drooping, up to 15 cm long. Spikelet branches usually much longer than the spikelets. | |
| Flowers: | Spikelets 20-25 mm long, 6- to 13-flowered, strongly compressed, glumes slightly unequal, glabrous with 1-3 veins. Lemma 13-20 mm with a dorsal awn 15-35 mm long. Disarticulating above the persistent glumes. | |
| Fruits / pods: | Grain 10 mm long, normally enclosed to the palea, palea almost equalling lemma | |
| Flowering Period: | April, May | |
| Habitat: | Ruderal situations, on wastelands and roadsides | |
| Distribution: | Mt. Hermon, Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands | |
| Chorotype: | Med - Irano-Turanian | |
| Summer shedding: | Ephemeral |
Derivation of the botanical name: Bromus, from the Greek broma, "food", and bromos, "oat". sterilis, infertile, sterile. Anisantha, Greek anisos "enequal" and anthos "flower." Genea, Greek genea "race, family, offspring, generation." The Hebrew word:ברומית, bromit, from the foreign languages.
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