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Bromus rigidus

ripgut

Other common names
ripgut brome
great brome grass
Synonyms
Bromus maximus
Bromus boraei
see moreBromus ambigens

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Botanical details
Family
Poaceae
Native to the UK
No
Genus

Bromus

Genus description

Bromus can be annual or perennial grasses, tufted in habit, with panicles of nodding or erect flowering spikelets

Name status

Correct

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