Bromus hordeaceus L. from Baramulla, Kashmir

[Gurcharan Singh]

Bromus hordeaceus L., Sp. Pl. 1:77. 1753. 

Syn: Bromus mollis L.; B. secalinus L. var.hordeaceus (L.) L.

Common names: barley brome, common soft brome, soft chess

Usually annual grass with ascending stems up to 80 cm tall; leaf sheath pubescent; leaves linear up to 20 cm long, 3-6 mm broad, pubescent on both surfaces, ligule 1 mm; spikelets 12-20 mm long, on short stalks, forming dense panicle, usually erect, 6-12 flowered; glumes unequal:  lower 4-5 mm long, upper 5-8 mm long; lemmas 8-11 mm long, hardly 2 mm in side view, elliptic with hyaline margin; awn 5-10 mm long from just below the tip.

Photographed from Baramulla, Kashmir. 

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh

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[Balkar Singh]

Beautiful Set of Pics Sir

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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
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