Bromus rigidus
Roth
Poaceae
Anisantha diandra rigida (Roth) Tzvelev
Anisantha hispanica (Rivas Ponce) Holub
Anisantha rigida (Roth) Hyl.
Bromus ambigens Jord.
Bromus asperipes Jord.
Bromus diandrus asperipes (Jord.) Soó
Bromus diandrus maximus (Desf.) Soó
Bromus diandrus rigidus (Roth) Bab.
Bromus diandrus rigidus (Roth) O.Bolòs
Bromus gussonei rigidus (Roth) H.Lindb.
Bromus hispanicus Rivas Ponce
Bromus indicus Steud.
Bromus madritensis Cav. ex Kunth
Bromus madritensis rigidus (Roth) Bab. ex Syme
Bromus maximus Desf.
Bromus maximus minor Boiss.
Bromus megalanthus Keng
Bromus nitidus E.D.Clarke
Bromus rubens Host
Bromus rubens maximus (Desf.) Fiori
Bromus rubens rigidus (Roth) Mutel
Bromus sterilis maximus (Desf.) Kuntze
Bromus sterilis rigidus (Roth) Kuntze
Bromus villosus ambigens (Jord.) Asch. & Graebn.
Bromus villosus maximus (Desf.) Asch. & Graebn.
Bromus villosus rigidus (Roth) Asch. & Graebn.
Forasaccus maximus (Desf.) Bubani
Genea maxima (Desf.) Dumort.
Genea rigens (Roth) Dumort.
Genea rigida (Roth) Dumort.
Common Name: Ripgut Brome
General Information
Bromus rigidus is an erect, annual grass producing a cluster of stems 20 - 70cm tall[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food.
Bromus rigidus is a widespread weed, its seed able to be carried long distances by means such as contamination of cereal crops, attachment to clothing and animal fur.. It is considered to be a noxious weed in agricultural and horticultural crops in the Mediterranean area where crop losses of 40 - 80% have been experienced. The main crops affected are wheat, barley and crops in rotation with cereals such as sugarbeet, sunflower, chickpea, faba bean and lentils[
1093- Title
- Invasive Species Compendium
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.cabi.org
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc).
].
Known Hazards
In pastures, the sharply pointed base of the 'seeds' penetrate eyes, mouth and feet of animals and working dogs, hence the name 'ripgut brome'[
1093- Title
- Invasive Species Compendium
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.cabi.org
- Publisher
-
- Year
- 0
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An immense resource - in depth information on over 900 species of invasive plants (it also has information on animals, fungi etc).
].
Botanical References
17- Title
- Flora of the British Isles.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Clapham, Tutin and Warburg.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1962
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.
,
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
Range
Mediterranean region from Macaronesia to the Levant; southern Europe - Portugal to Greece; W. Asia - Turkey, Caucasus, Iran
Habitat
Waste places on sandy shores in the Channel Islands, a casual in other parts of Britain[
17- Title
- Flora of the British Isles.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Clapham, Tutin and Warburg.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Year
- 1962
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.
]. Streamsides and moist places, at elevations around 1,000 metres[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
Properties
| Weed Potential | Yes |
| Edibility Rating |  |
| Habit | Annual |
| Height | 1.00 m |
| Pollinators | Wind, Cleistogamous |
| Self-fertile | Yes |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Succeeds in ordinary well-drained garden soil in a sunny position[
138- Title
- Growing from Seed. Volume 3.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Bird. R. (Editor)
- Publisher
- Thompson and Morgan.
- Year
- 1989
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation.
,
200- Title
- The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Huxley. A.
- Publisher
- MacMillan Press
- Year
- 1992
- ISBN
- 0-333-47494-5
- Description
- Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.
].
In addition to open-pollinated flowers, the plant also has cleistogamous flowers - these do not open but produce seed by means of self-fertilization.
Edible Uses
Seed[
161- Title
- Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237.
- Publication
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- Author
- Yanovsky. E.
- Publisher
- U.S. Depf of Agriculture.
- Year
-
- ISBN
- -
- Description
- A comprehensive but very terse guide. Not for the casual reader.
,
177- Title
- Plants for Human Consumption.
- Publication
-
- Author
- Kunkel. G.
- Publisher
- Koeltz Scientific Books
- Year
- 1984
- ISBN
- 3874292169
- Description
- An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of Latin names with a brief list of edible parts.
]. Used as a piñole, or dried then ground into a powder and mixed with water to make a gruel[
257- Title
- Native American Ethnobotany
- Publication
-
- Author
- Moerman. D.
- Publisher
- Timber Press. Oregon.
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN
- 0-88192-453-9
- Description
- Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.
]. The seed is small and would be rather fiddly to use[
K- Title
- Plants for a Future
- Author
- Ken Fern
- Description
- Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
None known
Propagation
Seed - sow spring or autumn in situ and only just cover. Germination should take place within 2 weeks.
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Useful Temperate Plants Database 2016 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
