Great Brome
Bromus diandrus
Also known as: ripgut grass · ripgut brome · Jabbers · Broncho Grass
Plantae
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- Annual
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Photosynthetic
- Biome
- Temperate grassland
- Range
- Mediterranean Basin
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Seeds
- Defense
- Spines
- Status
- Uncommon
About
The great brome is a tall, tufted grass found in open fields and dry meadows. Its sharp, barbed seeds drill into soil and fur using a rhythmic twisting motion.
Life cycle
- 1.seedA dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
- 2.sproutA first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
- 3.saplingA young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
- 4.matureFully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Bromus
- Species
- Bromus diandrus