Bromus intermedius

Description

Annual. Culms erect or obliquely ascending, 20-60 cm tall, glabrous. Leaf sheaths pubescent; leaf blades 5-10 cm - 2-4 mm, flat, scattered pubescent. Panicle lax, 5-10 cm, erect or nodding; branches 1 or 2(-5) per node, slender, recurved, glabrous, each bearing 1-3 spikelets; pedicels about as long as or longer than spikelet. Spikelets lanceolate, 10-15(-25) mm, with curved pubescence; rachilla internodes short, not exposed; glumes unequal, lower glume 4-5 mm, upper glume 6-8 mm; lemmas oblong-lanceolate, 7-9 mm, pubescent, margins narrowly membranous, apex deeply 2-toothed, teeth 2-3 mm; awn 5-9 mm, base slightly flattened and twisted, spreading or recurved; palea shorter than lemma. Anthers ca. 1 mm. Fl. and fr. Apr-Jul. 2n = 14.Moist places in fields, deciduous forests; 1200-1800 m. Xinjiang [N Africa, SW Asia, S Europe].The presence of this species in China has not been confirmed.