Bromus secalinus

Rye brome ( Bromus secalinus )

The rye brome ( Bromus secalinus ) is a plant of the family Gramineae ( Poaceae ).

Description

The one-year grass has 50 to 100 cm tall stems that are like the leaf sheaths in contrast to the hairy leaves bald. The upright and spreading panicle is later, nodding. The strikingly large, 15 to 25 mm long spikelets are 4- 7blütig and yellow-green. The awns are only half as long as the lemmas. After the flowering period in June to September, the mature spikelets are yellow, and the husks spread apart from each other by their edges roll around the grain. Then, when the wind moves the plant, spikelets rustle loudly.

Cultural History

The rye - brome exists as a weed in fields of rye, much less common in wheat fields. It matures and germinate along with the rye and is harvested with him. It was assumed earlier that it could be turned into rye and vice versa, later it was assumed that over time the grass was created by man. In an emergency, the grains could be used for baking bread, making bread was dark and bitter. The rye - brome has been known since the Neolithic period and was spread by the rye over all the earth. Because of the careful cleaning of the seed cereal, it has become quite rare.