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Bromus sterilis
Also called Barren Brome, Sterile Brome
Poverty brome (Bromus sterilis) is a weedy annual or biennial grass of the Poaceae family, native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia. It is a common weed of waste ground, roadsides and gardens rather than a plant grown on purpose.
Bromus sterilis is an annual or biennial species of bromegrass known as barren brome, poverty brome, and sterile brome.
It can be found between sea level and 400 metres, along roadsides, hedge bottoms, and is a common weed of waste ground and gardens.
Meadow brome · Bromus bromoideus · California brome · Rescuegrass · Fringed brome · Oat brome · Soft brome · Smooth brome · Mediterranean brome · Compact brome · Bald brome · Broom brome
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromus sterilis 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.
