Bromus inermis


Bromus inermis is a species of the true grass family. This rhizomatous grass is native to Europe and considered invasive in North America.
The plant is an erect, leafy, long-lived perennial, tall, rhizomatous and commonly producing a dense sod. It starts growth in early spring; flowers May to July; reproduces from seeds, tillers, and rhizomes. It may regrow and re flower in the fall if moisture is sufficient.
The leaves are glabrous or occasionally pubescent, particularly on the sheaths; blades long, wide, flat, with a raised and keeled midrib below; sheaths closed, except near collar, and papery when dry; leaves rolled in the bud; ligates up to long, rounded, and membranous; auricles absent.

Common names

  • Bromus inermis subsp. inermis
  • * Austrian bromegrass – English
  • * awnless brome – English
  • * Hungarian brome – English
  • * Hungarian bromegrass – English
  • * Russian bromegrass – English
  • * smooth brome – English
  • * smooth bromegrass – English
  • * brome inerme – French
  • * brome sans arêtes – French
  • * unbegrannte Trespe – German
  • * wehrlose Trespe – German
  • * magyar rozsnok - Hungarian
  • * árva rozsnok - Hungarian
  • * mágocsi rozsnok - Hungarian
  • * capim-cevadilha – Portuguese
  • * bromo de Hungría – Spanish
  • * bromo inerme – Spanish
  • Bromus inermis subsp. pumpellianus
  • * Arctic brome – English
  • * Pumpelly's brome – English