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Bromus rigidus

Common name:	Ripgut Brome	Family:	Gramineae
Author:	Roth.	Botanical references:	17
Synonyms:	Bromus diandrus (Roth.), Anisantha rigidus ((Roth.)Hyl.)
Known Hazards:	None known
Range:	Southern and western Europe, including Britain, to N. Africa.
Habitat:	Waste places on sandy shores in the Channel Islands, a casual in other parts of Britain[17].
Edibility Rating (1-5):	1	Medicinal Rating (1-5):	0

Other Possible Synonyms:	From various places across the web, may not be correct. See below.
	Anisantha diandra[B,G,P] Anisantha rigida[G] Anisantha rigida auct. non[P] B. diandrus var. gussonei[P] B. gussonei[B,P] B. maximus auct. non[P] B. maximus var. gussonii[G] B. rigidus auct. non[P] B. rigidus var. gussonei[B,P] B. villosus[G,P]
Other Common Names:	From various places around the Web, may not be correct. See below.
	Ripgut Brome [P,B],
Epithets:	From a Dictionary of Botanical Epithets
	rigidus = rigid
Systematics:	From a USDA Plants Database
	Order: Cyperales. Renamed to Poaceae -- Grass family
Noxious, Invasive and Injurious Weeds	From USDA PLANTS database, Weeds Australia , DEFRA Injurious Weeds
	Listed as noxious/invasive for: USA Invasive.

Physical Characteristics

Annual growing to 1m. It is hardy to zone 7. It is in flower from May to June. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Wind and Cleistogomy (self-pollinating without flowers ever opening). The plant is self-fertile. We rate it 1/5 for edibility and 0/5 for medicinal use.

The plant prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, requires well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. The plant prefers acid, neutral and basic (alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It requires dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought. The plant can tolerates strong winds but not maritime exposure.

Habitats and Possible Locations

Cultivated Beds.

Edible Uses

Seed.

Seed[161, 177]. Used as a piñ ole, or dried then ground into a powder and mixed with water to make a gruel[257]. The seed is small and would be rather fiddly to use[K].

Medicinal Uses

Disclaimer

None known

Other Uses

None known

Cultivation details

Succeeds in ordinary well-drained garden soil in a sunny position[138, 200].
The plant has cleistogamous flowers, these flowers do not open but produce seed by means of self-fertilization.

Propagation

Seed - sow spring or autumn in situ and only just cover. Germination should take place within 2 weeks.

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Web References

[G] Data (Common Names, Uses, Distribution) from the USDA/ARS NPGS's GRIN taxonomic database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.
[HP] Links, Photos, Suppliers from Hortiplex Plant Database

References for Bromus diandrus (a possible synonym).

[B] Data (Latin & Common names, other references) from the BONAP's Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.
[C] Taxon data. from the CalFlora database.
Images from the CalPhoto database.
[G] Data (Common Names, Uses, Distribution) from the USDA/ARS NPGS's GRIN taxonomic database.
[P] Data. (uses, distribution, wetland) from the USDA'a Plants database.

See the PFAF Links Pages for other sources.

Also try Photos and info from the The Plants Database which has 14,000 images.

References

[K] Ken Fern
Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips.

[17] Clapham, Tootin and Warburg. Flora of the British Isles. Cambridge University Press 1962
A very comprehensive flora, the standard reference book but it has no pictures.

[138] Bird. R. (Editor) Growing from Seed. Volume 3. Thompson and Morgan. 1989
Very readable magazine with lots of information on propagation.

[161] Yanovsky. E. Food Plants of the N. American Indians. Publication no. 237. U.S. Depf of Agriculture.
A comprehensive but very terse guide. Not for the casual reader.

[177] Kunkel. G. Plants for Human Consumption. Koeltz Scientific Books 1984 ISBN 3874292169
An excellent book for the dedicated. A comprehensive listing of latin names with a brief list of edible parts.

[200] Huxley. A. The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. MacMillan Press 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5
Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed.

[257] Moerman. D. Native American Ethnobotany Timber Press. Oregon. 1998 ISBN 0-88192-453-9
Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.

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