Bromus alopecuros, Poiret

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 188

31. B. alopecuros Poiret , Voy. Barb. 2: 100 (1789)

( B. alopecuroides Poiret ).

Stems stout, erect or decumbent at the base, glabrous. Leaves flat, softly hairy; sheaths, especially the lower, softly hairy. Panicle 10-15x1-3 cm, narrow, dense, erect; branches and pedicels rigid, shorter than the spikelets; spikelets 20-50 x 4-7 mm, erect, crowded, hairy or glabrous, narrowly lanceolate, with 8-15 florets. Glumes unequal. Lemma narrowly lanceolate; awn at least as long as lemma, stout, twisted below and patent at maturity, arising up to 5 mm below the apex of the lemma. Palea somewhat shorter than lemma. 2n = 14. Mediterranean region, westwards to Sicilia. Cr Gr It Si.