Nice Catch of Another Bromus Sir. On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> *Bromus tectorum* L., Sp. Pl. 1:77. 1753 > > Common names: Cheatgrass, downy brome, downy chess, drooping brome > > Annual grass usually less than 60 cm tall, usually with 4 to 4 nodes; leaf > blades up to 20 cm long, 2-4 mm broad, pubescenct ; sheaths pubescent; > spikelets narrowly wedge-shaped, 15-35 mm long, in a spreading panicle > bearing 3-5 branches at each node; florets 4-8; lower glume 8-15 mm long, > upper 11-17 mm long; lemmas linear, 10-20 mm long, barely 1-1.5 mm in side > view, margin hyaline, gaping in mature spikelets; awn 12-40 mm long. > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
