Common name
German: Fieder-Zwenke
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)
Genus: Brachypodium (1)
Epithet: pinnatum (L.) P.Beauv. (1)
Synonyms: Agropyron gracile Chevall., Agropyron pinnatum (L.) Chevall., Brachypodium abbreviatum Dumort., Brachypodium barrelieri Roem. & Schult., Brachypodium cespitosum Roem. & Schult., Brachypodium contractum C.Presl, Brachypodium corniculatum Lam., Brachypodium genuense (DC.) Roem. & Schult., Brachypodium gracile (Weigel) P.Beauv., Brachypodium hickelis Sennen ex St.-Yves, Brachypodium ponticum Velen., Brachypodium rupestre (Host) Roem. & Schult., Brachypodium setifolium Schur, Brachypodium tenerum Velen., Brachypodium tenorianum Schult., Bromus cespitosus Host, Bromus fragilis Schrank, Bromus pinnatus L., Bromus rupestris Host, Bromus tigurinus Suter, Festuca barrelieri Ten., Festuca genuensis (DC.) Pollini, Festuca gracilis (Wiegand) Moench, Festuca pinnata (L.) Huds., Festuca rupestris (Mast.) Roth, Tragus gracilis (Weigel) B.D.Jacks., Tragus pinnatus (L.) Panz., Triticum barrelieri (Ten.) Kunth, Triticum genuense DC., Triticum gracile (Weigel) Brot., Triticum pinnatum (L.) Moench
abbreviatum => shortened
barrelieri => in honor of Jacques Barrelier (1606–1675), French botanist
cespitosum => growing in tufts
cespitosus => growing in tufts
contractum => contracted, drawn together
corniculatum => horned, bearing small horns, having horn-like fruit
fragilis => fragile, brittle
genuense => from Genoa, Italy
genuensis => from Genoa, Italy
gracile => slender, gracefully slight in form
gracilis => slender, graceful
pinnata => two rows of leaflets
pinnatum => two rows of leaflets
pinnatus => two rows of leaflets
ponticum => from Pontus, is a historical designation for the region on the southern coast of the Black Sea, located in modern-day Turkey
rupestre => rock-loving, or growing between rocks (rupes, a rock)
rupestris => rock-loving, or growing between rocks (rupes, a rock)
setifolium => bristle-leaved
tenerum => thin, slender
tenorianum => in honor of Michele Tenore (1780-1861), Italian botanist
tigurinus => from Zurich, Switzerland
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow, white