Bromus commutatus Schrad.
Hairy Brome

Habit: 		Annual.
Culms: 		30-110 cm. tall, tufted, erect or decumbent at the base.
Blades: 	5-18 cm. long, 2-7 mm. wide, flat, strongly nerved, somewhat rough, from sparsely to almost
		densely short-pubescent.
Sheaths: 	Shorter than internodes, strongly nerved, sparsely to almost densely short-pubescent, the hairs
		usually retrorsely pilose.
Ligule: 	Membranous, about 2 mm. long.
Inflorescence:	Open panicle 10-15 cm. long, finally drooping, the lower branches with 1 or 2 spikelets.
Spikelets: 	6-10-flowered, 13-25 mm. long, 6-7 mm. wide; somewhat flattened, the lemmas thinner, not inrolled
		at the margin, and the florets more closely imbricate so that light does not come through the
		spikelet as in B. secalinus.
Glumes: 	Nearly equal, the first narrow, acute, 3-nerved, about 5-6 mm. long, the second broader,
		subacute, 7-9-nerved, 7-8 mm. long.
Lemmas: 	7-10 mm. long, thin, acute, 7-9-nerved, not inrolled, minutely scabrous, less plump and more
		overlapping than in B. secalinus; the straight awn usually 7-9 mm. long.
Palea: 		Nearly as long as its lemma, ciliate on the 2 keels.
Fruit: 		Grain furrowed, adhering to the palea.
Habitat: 	A weed in fields and waste place. May-July.
Kansas Range: 	Scattered in east half.
Synonyms:	Bromus commutatus Schrad. var. apricorum Simonkai