Bromus japonicus

Thunb.

Japanese Bromegrass

PoaceaeSeeds/Nuts

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What to Eat

Edible parts: Seeds, Cereal

Edible Parts: Leaves Seed Edible Uses: Leaves. No more details. Seed. No more details are given, but the seed is very small and fiddly to utilize.

Where to Find It

It grows in warm temperate arid areas. It grows on sandy soils. In China it grows from sea level to 2,500 m above sea level. It grows in wetlands. Tasmanian Herbarium.

Africa, Argentina, Asia, Australia, Central Asia, Chile, China, Europe, Himalayas, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Middle East, Mongolia, Nepal, North Africa, North America, Pakistan, Russia, South America, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tasmania, Tibet, Turkmenistan, USA, Uzbekistan,

Countries: Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Antigua & Barbuda, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Barbados, Bangladesh, Belgium, Burkina Faso, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Burundi, Benin, Brunei, Bolivia, Brazil, Bahamas, Bhutan, Botswana, Belarus, Belize, Canada, Congo (DRC), Central African Republic, Congo (Republic), Switzerland, Cote d'Ivoire, Chile, Cameroon, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Cyprus, Czechia, Germany, Djibouti, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Estonia, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, United Kingdom, Grenada, Georgia, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran, Iceland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Comoros, St Kitts & Nevis, North Korea, South Korea, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Laos, Lebanon, St Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Libya, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Montenegro, Madagascar, North Macedonia, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Mauritania, Malta, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Mexico, Malaysia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Oman, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Pakistan, Poland, Puerto Rico, Portugal, Paraguay, Qatar, Romania, Serbia, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Sudan, Sweden, Singapore, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sierra Leone, San Marino, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, South Sudan, Sao Tome & Principe, El Salvador, Syria, Eswatini, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Trinidad & Tobago, Taiwan, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, St Vincent, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

How to Identify

An annual grass. It grows 50-90 cm high. The leaf blades are 20 cm long by 2-5 mm wide. The flowers are green. The flower panicle is 6-20 cm long and open and spreading.

How to Grow

Succeeds in a sunny position in most well-drained soils.

Propagation: Seed - sow spring or autumn in situ and only just cover. Germination should take place within 2 weeks. If seed is in short supply it can be surface sown in a cold frame in early spring. When large enough to handle, prick out the seedlings into individual pots and plant them out in early summer.

Medicinal Uses

None known

Other Uses

None known Special Uses

Wikipedia

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Bromus japonicus, the Japanese brome, is an annual brome grass native to Eurasia. The grass has a diploid number of 14.

Notes

There are about 150 Bromus species. They are temperate.

Names & Synonyms

Bromus abolinii DrobovBromus anatolicus Boiss. & Heldr.Bromus annuus Jacq. ex StapfBromus japonicus subsp. anatolicus (Boiss. & Heldr.) PenzesBromus japonicus var. porrectus Hack.Bromus japonicus var. velutinus (Koch) Bornm.Bromus patulus Mert. & KochBromus patulus var. microstachya StapfBromus patulus var. velutinus KochBromus phrygius Boiss.Bromus ugamicus DrobovSerrafalcus patulus (Mert. & Koch) Parl.

References (7)

Duke, J.A., 1992, Handbook of Edible Weeds. CRC Press. p 52
Flora of Pakistan. www.eFloras.org
J. A. Murray, Syst. veg. ed. 14:119. 1784 May-Jun (Fl. jap. 52, t. 11. 1784 Aug)
Paczkowska, G. & Chapman, A.R., 2000, The Western Australian Flora. A Descriptive Catalogue. Western Australian Herbarium. p 99
Plants for a Future database, The Field, Penpol, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0NG, UK. http://www.scs.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/
Tasmanian Herbarium Vascular Plants list p 82
Zhang, Y., et al, 2014, Diversity of wetland plants used traditionally in China: a literature review. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 10:72