{{Short description|Species of grass}} {{Speciesbox | image = Bromus erectus1.JPG | genus = Bromus | species = erectus | authority = Huds.&nbsp;<ref name=trop>''Bromus erectus'' was first described and published in ''Flora Anglica'' 39. 1762. {{cite web|url=http://tropicos.org/Name/25509394 |title=Name - ''Bromus erectus'' Huds.|work=Tropicos|publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden|location=Saint Louis, Missouri|quote=Locality: Habitat in cretaceis circa Rochester, Dartford et Gravesend, in Cantino; Distribution: England|accessdate=May 22, 2011}}</ref> | synonyms = ''Bromopsis erecta'' (Huds.) Fourr. }}

'''''Bromus erectus''''', commonly known as '''erect brome''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=BRER3|taxon=Bromus erectus|accessdate=20 June 2016}}</ref> '''upright brome''' or '''meadow brome''',<ref name=trop/> is a dense, course, tufted perennial grass. It can grow to {{convert|120|cm}}. Like many brome grasses the plant is hairy.<ref name=ceh>{{cite book |title=Grasses |author=C. E. Hubbard |author-link=Charles Edward Hubbard |year=1978 |publisher=Penguin Books |isbn=978-0-14-013227-4 |chapter=Upright brome, ''Bromus erectus'' Huds. |pages=72–73}}</ref> The specific epithet ''erectus'' is Latin, meaning "erect". The diploid number of the grass is 56.

==Description== ''Bromus erectus'' is a perennial, tufted grass with basal tufts of cespitose leaves that is nonrhizomatous. The culms grow between {{convert|0.6-1.2|m|abbr=on}} in height. The internodes are typically glabrous. The flattened cauline leaves have pubescent or glabrous sheaths. The leaf blades are {{convert|10-20|cm|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|2-6|mm|abbr=on}} wide. The grass lacks auricles and the ligule is blunt but finely serrated, sometimes with hairy edges. The contracted and ellipsoid panicle is usually upright, rather than nodding, measuring {{convert|7-15|cm|abbr=on}} long. The lanceolate spikelets are {{convert|1.5-3|cm|abbr=on}} long and have five to twelve flowers. The glumes are acute, with the lower glumes one-nerved and {{convert|7-9|mm|abbr=on}} long, and the upper glumes three-nerved and {{convert|9-11|mm|abbr=on}} long. The glabrous or slightly scabrous lemmas are prominently nerved and {{convert|10-15|mm|abbr=on}} long, with awns {{convert|5-6|mm|abbr=on}} long. The anthers are {{convert|4-6|mm|abbr=on}} long. ''B. erectus'' flowers in June and July.<ref name=Manual>{{cite book |title=Gray's Manual of Botany |author= Merrit Lyndon Fernald |year= 1970 |editor= R. C. Rollins |publisher= D. Van Nostrand Company |edition= Eighth (Centennial) - Illustrated|isbn= 0-442-22250-5 |page= 101}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title= Flora of North America: North of Mexico |volume= 24 |author= Flora of North America Editorial Committee |publisher= Oxford University Press |year= 1993 |isbn= 9780195310719 |page= 218}}</ref>

==Identification== Upright brome can be identified by the "camel's eyelashes", or long hairs, along the edges of the leaves.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Price |first=Dominic |title=A Field Guide to Grasses, Sedges and Rushes |date=2021 |publisher=Species Recovery Trust |isbn=978-1-9998732-0-2}}</ref> thumb|left|There are long, thin hairs on the edges of the leaf of Upright Brome.

==Range== Found on well-drained calcerous soils in disturbed areas, fields, and roadsides, ''B. erectus'' is widespread in Europe, South West Asia, North West Africa, and has been introduced into North America.<ref name=ceh/>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Bromus erectus|''Bromus erectus''}}

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erectus Category:Plants described in 1762 Category:Flora of Europe Category:Flora of North Africa Category:Flora of Western Asia Category:Taxa named by William Hudson (botanist) Category:Grasses of Lebanon