Israel native plants: Fascicled brome

Bromus fasciculatus, Fascicled brome,
Hebrew: ברומית מאוגדת, Arabic: الشويعرة , شعير , زرعه

Scientific name:   Bromus fasciculatus C.Presl
Common name:   Fascicled brome
Hebrew name:   ברומית מאוגדת
Arabic name:   الشويعرة , شعير , زرعه
Plant Family:   Graminea (Poaceae), Grass Family, משפחת הדגניים


Life form:   Therophyte, annual
Stems:   Erect or geniculately ascending, 5–20(–25) cm tall, pubescent below inflorescence
Leaves:   Alternate, leaf sheaths pubescent, entire; leaf blades 2–10 cm × 1–2 mm, hairy
Flowers:   Panicle racemelike, stiffly erect, 2–5 × 0.7–2 cm; green, purple
Fruits / pods:   Caryopsis ellipsoid, longitudinally grooved, apex hairy
Flowering Period:   March, April, May
Habitat:   Batha, Phrygana, Shrub-steppes, Desert
Distribution:   Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Semi-steppe shrublands, Shrub-steppes, Deserts and extreme deserts, Montane vegetation of Mt. Hermon
Chorotype:   Mediterranean
Summer shedding:   Ephemeral


Derivation of the botanical name:

Bromus, from the Greek broma, “food”, and bromos, “oat”.

fasciculatus, clustered, growing in bundles.
The Hebrew word:ברומית, bromit, from the foreign languages.

  • The standard author abbreviation C.Presl is used to indicate Carl Borivoj Presl (1794–1852), a Bohemian botanist.