Bromus pubescens L.
Canada Brome

Habit:		Perennial.
Culms:		Rather stout, 70-140 cm. high, glabrous or pubescent at the 4-6 nodes.
Blades:		15-30 cm. long, 5-15 mm. wide, narrowed at base, without flanges or auricles, short-pilose on the veins
		above, scabrous or smooth beneath.
Sheaths:	Except the lower 1 or 2, shorter than the internodes; at least the lower, usually sparsely retrorse-pilose.
Ligule:		Membranous, 1-2 mm. long.
Inflorescence:	Panicle exserted, lax, nodding, 15-25 cm. long.
Spikelets:	4-11-flowered, exclusive of awns 2-2.5 cm. long, almost terete, pedicels 8-20 mm. long.
Glumes:		2, sparsely pubescent, persistent, the first 1-nerved, about 6 mm. long, narrow, acute;
		the second 9-10 mm. long, broader, 3-nerved, abruptly acute, with short awns.
Lemmas:		Acute, 10-12 mm. long, 5-9-nerved, pubescence nearly uniform, sometimes more dense on the margins,
		sometimes sparse and short on the back or scabrous only; awn 4-7 mm. long, scabrous, straight.
Palea:		8-9 mm. long, about 2 mm. shorter than its lemma, oblong, ciliate.
Fruit:		Grain furrowed, adhering to the palea.
Habitat:	Moist rocky woodlands.  May-July.
Kansas Range: 	East third to Ottawa and Rooks counties.
Synonyms:	Bromus ciliatus L. var. laeviglumis Scribn. ex Shear
		Bromus purgans auct. non L.
		Bromus purgans L. var. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Swallen
		Bromus pubescens Muhl. ex Willd. var. laeviglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Swallen