Bromus erectus, commonly known as erect brome, upright brome or meadow brome, is a dense, course, tufted perennial grass. It can grow to . Like many brome grasses the plant is hairy.[1] The specific epithet erectus is Latin, meaning "erect". The diploid number of the grass is 56.
Bromus erectus is a perennial, tufted grass with basal tufts of cespitose leaves that is nonrhizomatous. The culms grow between NaNm (-2,147,483,648feet) in height. The internodes are typically glabrous. The flattened cauline leaves have pubescent or glabrous sheaths. The leaf blades are NaNcm (-2,147,483,648inches) long and NaNmm wide. The grass lacks auricles and the ligule is blunt but finely serrated, sometimes with hairy edges. The contracted and ellipsoid panicle is usually upright, rather than nodding, measuring NaNcm (-2,147,483,648inches) long. The lanceolate spikelets are NaNcm (-2,147,483,648inches) long and have five to twelve flowers. The glumes are acute, with the lower glumes one-nerved and NaNmm long, and the upper glumes three-nerved and NaNmm long. The glabrous or slightly scabrous lemmas are prominently nerved and NaNmm long, with awns NaNmm long. The anthers are NaNmm long. B. erectus flowers in June and July.[2] [3]
Found on well-drained calcerous soils in disturbed areas, fields, and roadsides, B. erectus is widespread in Europe, South West Asia, North West Africa, and has been introduced into North America.[1]