Bromus carinatus var. carinatus

Common names: California brome
Endemic
Synonyms: Bromus carinatus var. linearis Bromus carinatus var. hookerianus Bromus carinatus var. californicus
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 205.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché

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Plants annual or biennial. Culms 50-100 cm tall. Sheaths mostly glabrous or retrorsely soft pilose, throats usually hairy; auricles absent; ligules 1-3 (4) mm, usually glabrous, obtuse, lacerate or erose; blades 10-30 cm long, 3-6 mm wide, flat, usually sparsely pilose on both surfaces, sometimes glabrous. Panicles 15-40 cm, lax, open; lower branches 2-4 per node, ascending to strongly divergent or reflexed. Spikelets with 6-11 florets. Lower glumes 8-10 mm, 3 (5) -veined; upper glumes 9.5-12 mm, 5 (7) -veined; lemmas 12-16 mm, usually more or less uniformly pubescent, sometimes scabrous, 7-veined; awns 8-17 mm, sometimes slightly geniculate; anthers 1-5 mm. 2n = 56.

Discussion

Bromus carinatus var. carinatus is primarily coastal and grows in shrublands, grasslands, meadows, and openings in chaparral and oak and yellow pine woodlands. It ranges from southern British Columbia through Washington, Oregon, and California to Baja California, Mexico, and extends eastward through Arizona to New Mexico.

Bromus carinatus var. carinatus intergrades with var. marginatus, which tends to grow at higher elevations and extends further inland.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

membranous +  and scarious +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
with acute teeth +  and entire +
toothed +  and emarginate +
Leon E. Pavlickf +
Hook. & Arn. +
divaricate +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
distinct +
subterminal +  and terminal +
geniculate +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.7 cm17 mm <br />0.017 m <br />) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
not evident +
glabrous +  and pilose +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
drooping;reflexed;usually ascending;spreading +
spikelike +
California brome +
not branching +
50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br /> (100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (190 cm1,900 mm <br />1.9 m <br />) +
not woody +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
N.Mex. +, Wash. +, Alaska +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Ont. +, Yukon +, Colo. +, Kans. +, Calif. +  and Oreg. +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
6 +  and 11 +
terete +  and laterally compressed +
1-9(11)-veined +
always shorter +  and usually shorter +
lanceolate +
subtending +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
mucronate +  and acute +
unequal +
uncinate +
solid +  and hollow +
keeled +, compressed +  and lanceolate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br />) +
herbaceous +  and coriaceous +
lacerate +  and obtuse +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
fleshy +  and membranous +
reflexed +  and ascending +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (?) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
reduced +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
dry +  and fleshy +
pilose +, soft +  and glabrous +
overlapping +, not crowded +  and distributed +
not viviparous +
compressed +, elliptic +  and lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Bromus carinatus var. linearis +, Bromus carinatus var. hookerianus +  and Bromus carinatus var. californicus +
Bromus carinatus var. carinatus +
Bromus carinatus +
variety +
membranous +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +
0.95 cm9.5 mm <br />0.0095 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
biennial +  and annual +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +