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Bromus madritensis
Also called Madrid Brome, Spanish Brome, Lesser Brome, Stiff Brome, Wall Brome
Compact brome is a winter annual wild grass native to southern and western Europe, now naturalized in many regions, often as a weed of dry, disturbed ground. It is not a garden or houseplant, and it thrives on poor, dry, stony or sandy soil with little care.
Bromus madritensis is a species of brome grass known by the common name compact brome. The specific epithet madritensis refers to Madrid, Spain. It has a diploid number of 28.
There are two subspecies:
Bromus madritensis is native to southern and western Europe but has been introduced and naturalized nearly worldwide. In North America it is found primarily in the western United States, in Oregon, California, and Arizona. The grass was brought to North America in 1848 and was naturalized by the 1890s.
Meadow brome · Bromus bromoideus · California brome · Rescuegrass · Fringed brome · Oat brome · Soft brome · Smooth brome · Mediterranean brome · Bald brome · Broom brome · Poverty brome
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromus madritensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
