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Bromus cebadilla
Also called Southern Brome, Spikey Brome, Chilean Brome
Bromus cebadilla is a species of brome grass known by the common names Chilean brome, stripey brome, grazing brome, or pasture brome prairie grass in English, as well as cebadilla, llanco, lanco, or pasto del perro in Spanish. It is native to Chile and Argentina, but is introduced in several countries.
It is one of several species in the Bromus catharticus complex within the Bromus section Ceratochloa, all of which are hexaploids with the chromosome count 2n=42.
Bromus cebadilla is native to the Andean-Patagonian region of Chile and Argentina. It is introduced and naturalised in New Zealand (South Island), Australia (Tasmania, New South Wales, and Victoria), and the United States (California). It has also been collected a single time in Arizona in 2008, and twice Oregon in 1908 and 1910.
Reportedly, B. cebadilla produces good foliage in humid places and is considered a good forage crop. It is used for this in Chile, Argentina, and in New Zealand. In New Zealand it is noted as being intolerant of waterlogging, and as such is generally found in dry pastures.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromus cebadilla by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
