Pronunciation: BRO-mus tek-TORE-um
Common name: Cheat grass, Downy brome
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Common weed of open, disturbed places,
on desert and cismontane slopes and mountains to
about 7500', native to Europe
Blooming period: May to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Bromus
2) tectorum