别名：red brome;

科名：禾本科 Gramineae

属名：雀麦属 Bromus

《中国植物志》第9(2)卷360页
  44．红雀麦
  Bromus rubens L. in Cent. Pl. 1: 5. 1755; Bor, Fl. Iraq 9. tab. 51. 1968. et Res f. Fl. Iran. 70: 126. 1970; Davis, Fl. Turkey 9: 291. 1985. ——Zerna rubens(L.)Grossh. in Fl. Kavk. ed 2: 306. 1939.
  一年生。秆高15-35厘米，丛生，花序以下部分生柔毛。叶鞘生柔毛；叶片长5-10厘米，宽3-5毫米，两面生柔毛。圆锥花序紧缩，直立，长椭圆形，长4-7厘米，宽2厘米左右，秆黄色或带紫色；分枝与小穗柄其短被柔毛，长2-5毫米；小穗长15-25毫米，含4-9花；颖被微毛，脊具纤毛，第一颖长7-9毫米，第二颖长10-12毫米；外稃长12-16毫米，粗糙至具柔毛，先端裂齿长4-5毫米，芒自其间伸出，长约20毫米，粗糙成熟后开展；内稃先端长渐尖，沿脊疏具长柔毛。花期5-7月。染色体2n＝14，28＋s（Humphries 1978），28（Natarajan 1977，Sanchaz Anta et al．1986a）。
  产新疆（顶山）。生于干旱山坡，海拔3900米。分布于欧洲、地中海地区、中亚、高加索以及美国西部。模式标本采自西班牙。

《Flora of China》 Vol. 22 (2006)
Bromus rubens  Linnaeus
红雀麦   hong que mai
Anisantha rubens (Linnaeus) Nevski; Bromus madritensis Linnaeus subsp. rubens (Linnaeus) Husnot; B. scoparius Linnaeus var. rubens (Linnaeus) Saint-Amans; Festuca rubens (Linnaeus) Persoon; Zerna rubens (Linnaeus) Grossheim.
Annual. Culms tufted, erect or ascending, 15–35 cm tall, pubescent below inflorescence. Leaf sheaths pubescent; leaf blades 5–10 cm × 3–5 mm, both surfaces pubescent. Panicle densely contracted, narrowly elliptic in outline, stiffly erect, 4–7 × ca. 2 cm, often tinged with purple; branches 2–5 mm, much shorter than spikelets, branches and pedicels pubescent. Spikelets 15–25 mm, florets4–9, upper florets sterile, reduced; glumes minutely hairy, keel ciliate, lower glume 7–9 mm, upper glume 10–12 mm; lemmas 12–16 mm, scabrid to pubescent, 2-toothed, apical teeth 4–5 mm, awned from sinus; awn 10–20 mm, scabrid, spreading at maturity; palea shorter than lemma, keels sparsely villous. Stamens (2 or)3, anthers to 2 mm. Fl. May–Jul. 2n = 14, 28.
Dry slopes; ca. 3900 m. Xinjiang [Tajikistan, Turkmenistan; N Africa, SW Asia, S Europe; introduced in America and Australia].
Many Chinese gatherings identified as Bromus rubens were misidentified specimens of B. tectorum. The presence of this species in China has not been confirmed.