| Bromus erectus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Bromus |
| Species: | B. erectus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bromus erectus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bromopsis erecta (Huds.) Fourr. | |
Bromus erectus, commonly known as erect brome,[2] upright brome or meadow brome,[1] is a dense, course, tufted perennial grass. It can grow to 120 centimetres (47 in). Like many brome grasses the plant is hairy.[3] The specific epithet erectus is Latin, meaning "erect". The diploid number of the grass is 56.
- ^ a b Bromus erectus was first described and published in Flora Anglica 39. 1762. "Name - Bromus erectus Huds". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 22, 2011.
Locality: Habitat in cretaceis circa Rochester, Dartford et Gravesend, in Cantino; Distribution: England
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Bromus erectus". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
- ^ C. E. Hubbard (1978). "Upright brome, Bromus erectus Huds.". Grasses. Penguin Books. pp. 72–73. ISBN 978-0-14-013227-4.