Bromus mollis L.
Soft Brome

Habit: 		Erect annual, softly pubescent throughout.
Culms: 		20-80 cm. tall.
Blades: 	5-15 cm. long, 3-5 mm. wide, pilose or glabrate.
Sheath: 	Softly pubescent.
Inflorescence: 	Panicle erect, contracted, usually 5-10 cm. long.
Spikelet: 	5-13-flowered, 12-15 mm. long, 4-6 mm. wide, nearly sessile.
Glumes: 	Broad, obtuse, coarsely pilose or scabrous-pubescent, the first 3-5-nerved, 4-6 mm. long,
		the second 5-7-nerved, 7-8 mm. long.
Lemmas: 	Broad, soft, obtuse, 7-nerved, coarsely pilose or scabrous-pubescent, rather deeply bidentate,
		8-9 mm. long, the margin and apex hyaline; awn rather stout 6-9 mm. long.
Palea: 		About three fourths as long as its lemma.
Fruit: 		Grain adhering to the palea.
Habitat: 	Weed in waste places and cultivated ground.  May-July.
Kansas Range: 	Riley county.