Bromus pumpellianusScribn.

WFO wfo-0000856279 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Bromus pumpellianus, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. a Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-08-04 / obs. 156909621
Bromus pumpellianus, photographed by Western Arctic Park Rangers
fig. b Western Arctic Park Rangers, CC0 1.0 / obs. 22463302
Bromus pumpellianus, photographed by Derek
fig. c Derek, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 21493534
Bromus pumpellianus, photographed by Allan Harris
fig. d Allan Harris, CC0 1.0 / obs. 186238407
Bromus pumpellianus, photographed by Jason Grant
fig. e Jason Grant, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 4264420
Bromus pumpellianus, photographed by Eric Lamb
fig. f Eric Lamb, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 79502806
Bromus pumpellianus, photographed by Matt Lavin
fig. g Matt Lavin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156909601
Bromus pumpellianus, photographed by Syd Cannings
fig. h Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 79142819

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Native range 48 botanical countries

Regions where Bromus pumpellianus is native: Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China North-Central, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Primorye, Sakhalin, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya, East European Russia, North European Russia, Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Colorado, Idaho, Labrador, Maine, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Saskatchewan, Washington, Wyoming, Yukon AltayAmurBuryatiyaChina North-CentralChitaInner MongoliaIrkutskJapanKamchatkaKazakhstanKhabarovskKrasnoyarskMagadanManchuriaMongoliaPrimoryeSakhalinTuvaWest SiberiaXinjiangYakutiyaEast European RussiaNorth European RussiaAlaskaAlbertaBritish ColumbiaColoradoIdahoLabradorMaineManitobaMassachusettsMichiganMontanaNew MexicoNew YorkNewfoundlandNorthwest TerritoriesNunavutOntarioOregonQuébecSaskatchewanWashingtonWyomingYukon Korea
Native distribution of Bromus pumpellianus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
Amur AMU
Buryatiya BRY
China North-Central CHN
Chita CTA
Inner Mongolia CHI
Irkutsk IRK
Japan JAP
Kamchatka KAM
Kazakhstan KAZ
Khabarovsk KHA
Korea KOR
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Kuril Is. KUR
Magadan MAG
Manchuria CHM
Mongolia MON
Primorye PRM
Sakhalin SAK
Tuva TVA
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Yakutiya YAK
Alaska ASK NORTHERN AMERICA
Alberta ABT
British Columbia BRC
Colorado COL
Idaho IDA
Labrador LAB
Maine MAI
Manitoba MAN
Massachusetts MAS
Michigan MIC
Montana MNT
New Mexico NWM
New York NWY
Newfoundland NFL
Northwest Territories NWT
Nunavut NUN
Ontario ONT
Oregon ORE
Québec QUE
Saskatchewan SAS
Washington WAS
Wyoming WYO
Yukon YUK
East European Russia RUE EUROPE
North European Russia RUN

Not drawn on the map: Kuril Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for this region, so it is listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 102 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bromopsis alpina (Malyschev) Peschkova
  • Bromopsis altaica Peschkova
  • Bromopsis arctica (Shear ex Scribn. & Merr.) Holub
  • Bromopsis arctica var. alpina (Malyschev) Peschkova
  • Bromopsis austrosibirica Peschkova
  • Bromopsis bargusinensis (Drobow) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis dicksonii (W.W.Mitch. & Wilton) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Bromopsis flexuosa (Drobow) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis gorodkovae Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis inermis subsp. pumpelliana (Scribn.) W.A.Weber
  • Bromopsis ircutensis (Kom.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Bromopsis karavajevii (Tzvelev) Czerep.
  • Bromopsis korotkyi (Drobow) Holub
  • Bromopsis ornans (Kom.) Holub
  • Bromopsis pavlovii (Roshev.) Peschkova
  • Bromopsis pumpelliana (Scribn.) Holub
  • Bromopsis pumpelliana subsp. arctica (Shear ex Scribn. & Merr.) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Bromopsis pumpelliana subsp. arctica (Shear ex Scribn. & Merr.) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis pumpelliana subsp. flexuosa (Drobow) Prob.
  • Bromopsis pumpelliana subsp. ircutensis (Kom.) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis pumpelliana subsp. karavajevii (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis pumpelliana subsp. korotkiji (Drobow) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis pumpelliana subsp. korotkyi (Drobow) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis pumpelliana subsp. orans (Kom.) Tzvelev

and 78 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.