Bromus pumpellianus Scribn.
 
FamilyGramineae — APG family: Poaceae
SynonymsZerna pumpelliana (Scribn.) Tsvel., Bromus inermis var. purpurascens (Hook.) Wagnon, Bromus purgans var. purpurascens Hook., Bromus inermis subsp. pumpellianus (Scribn.) Wagnon
DescriptionStoloniferous, with long runners; culms stiff, up to 80 cm tall; panicle erect; leaves 4-8 mm broad; spikelets 1.5-2.5 cm long, usually purplish; first glume 1- nerved, the second 3-nerved, both glabrous; lemma more or less pubescent, espe- cially at margin, with short awn 2-3 mm long; anthers about 4 mm long.
EcologyMeadows, dry grassy slopes, from lowlands and tundra up into mountains. In southern part of its range, hybrids with B. inermis occur.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.