Common Name: downy brome, cheatgrass, cheat, downy cress, drooping bromeScientific Name: Bromus tectorum L.Family Name: Poaceae (Graminae) - Grass FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycleintroduced winter annual, reproducing by seed Culmsupright or spreading Leavesblades dense, soft hairs above and below, twisted, rolled in bud; auricles absent; ligule membranous with hairs; sheaths closed, hairy, veined Seedheadsdrooping panicle, frequently purple-tinted