Bromus tectorum L.
Downy Brome

Habit: 		Erect or spreading tufted annual.
Culms: 		Slender 30-60 cm. high, glabrous.
Blades: 	Mostly pubescent throughout.
Sheaths: 	Pubescent.
Ligule: 	Membranous.
Inflorescence: 	Panicle 5-15 cm. long, rather dense, soft, drooping, often purplish in maturity.
Spikelets: 	Nodding, 12-20 mm. long.
Glumes: 	Villous, the first 4-6 mm. long, 1-nerved, the second 8-10 mm. long, 3-nerved.
Lemmas: 	Lanceolate, scabrous-puberulent to pilose-pubescent, 10-20 mm. long, narrowly 2-toothed at
		the apex (teeth 2-3 mm. long); awn straight, 12-15 mm. long.
Palea: 		Shorter than its lemma, 2- keeled.
Fruit: 		Grain furrowed, adhering to the palea,
Habitat: 	Weed in prairies, waste places, roadsides, and sandy soils, May-July.
Kansas Range: 	Scattered, but mostly west three fourths.
Synonyms:	Bromus tectorum L. var. glabratus Spenner
		Bromus tectorum L. var. hirsutus Regel
		Bromus tectorum L. var. nudus Klett & Richter