Bromus secalinusL.

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WFO wfo-0000856443 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Bromus secalinus, photographed by Stephen James McWilliam
fig. a Stephen James McWilliam, CC0 1.0 / 2021-07-24 / obs. 146049180
Bromus secalinus, photographed by Jerry Lanfear
fig. b Jerry Lanfear, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 142060960
Bromus secalinus, photographed by Sigitas Juzėnas
fig. c Sigitas Juzėnas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 85789641
Bromus secalinus, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. d Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 81551564
Bromus secalinus, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. e Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 47657659
Bromus secalinus, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. f Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 46050527
Bromus secalinus, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. g Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 46048106
Bromus secalinus, photographed by Robert H. Wardell
fig. h Robert H. Wardell, CC0 1.0 / obs. 45325102

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Bromus secalinus is native: Buryatiya, China North-Central, Iran, Kazakhstan, Krasnoyarsk, Lebanon-Syria, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Belarus, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine BuryatiyaChina North-CentralIranKazakhstanKrasnoyarskLebanon-SyriaTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaXinjiangBelarusBulgariaCorseFranceGreeceHungaryItalyNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalRomaniaSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-EuropeUkraine Sardegna
Native distribution of Bromus secalinus, 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
Belarus BLR EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Romania ROM
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Ukraine UKR
Buryatiya BRY ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
Iran IRN
Kazakhstan KAZ
Krasnoyarsk KRA
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX

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 59 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.

  • Avena secalina (L.) Salisb.
  • Bromus badensis C.C.Gmel.
  • Bromus brevisetus Dumort.
  • Bromus ehrhartii Gaudin
  • Bromus elongatus Gaudin
  • Bromus hordeaceus C.C.Gmel.
  • Bromus hybridus Schur
  • Bromus mollis var. secalinus (L.) Huds.
  • Bromus multiflorus Sm.
  • Bromus mutabilis F.W.Schultz
  • Bromus mutabilis var. glabratus F.W.Schultz
  • Bromus mutabilis var. grossus (W.D.J.Koch) F.W.Schultz
  • Bromus mutabilis var. hirtus F.W.Schultz
  • Bromus mutabilis var. hordeaceus F.W.Schultz
  • Bromus mutabilis var. secalinus (L.) F.W.Schultz
  • Bromus polymorphus Scop.
  • Bromus racemosus var. elongatus (Gaudin) Duby
  • Bromus secalinus f. divergens (Rchb.) Todor
  • Bromus secalinus f. hirtus (F.W.Schultz) Wiegand
  • Bromus secalinus f. submuticus Jansen & Wacht.
  • Bromus secalinus subsp. barthae Pénzes
  • Bromus secalinus subsp. infestus H.Scholz
  • Bromus secalinus subsp. multiflorus Schübl. & G.Martens
  • Bromus secalinus var. arvensis Peterm.

and 35 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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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.

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