Plant portraits
The Awnless Brome is a grass that you might not notice at first, but once you do, the burgundy or violet colour and the cigar-shaped small spikes are fairly easy to recognize. The small spikes lacks bristles (they are “unarmed” - "inermis") ...
The wild flora holds a number of plant species that, even though we might not be aware of it, represent an important part of what we call genetic resources. Often lacking the physical characteristics that otherwise would make us pay attention, such as e.g. spectacular flowers, they are regularly equipped with different types of defenses like spines or thorns, burning or sticky glandular hairs, or bitter flavors. A good example of this is prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola L.).
Timothy (Phleum pretense L.) has been the predominantly used forage grass in the Nordic countries since farmers started to sow artificial meadows around 1860. It is not fully understood whether common timothy is ...
