Citation: L., Cent. 1 Pl. 5 (1755).

Synonymy: Anisantha madritensis (L.) Nevski, Acta Univ. As. Med. ser. 8B, Bot., fasc. 17:21 (1934).

Common name: Madrid brome, lesser brome.

Description:
Short-lived annual, 18-60 cm high, with glabrous stems (rarely faintly pubescent below the particle); leaves glabrous or slightly pubescent; sheaths often pubescent or hairy below.

Panicle stiffly erect or lax, 40-110 x 10-40 mm, rarely reduced to a single spikelet; branches spreading or drooping, slightly pubescent, usually at least 20 mm long, with 1 or 2 (rarely 3) spikelets; spikelets 25-35 x 7-9 mm, glabrous or hairy; lower glume 6-8 mm, narrow-lanceolate, 1-nerved, upper 9-14 mm, lanceolate, with 3 prominent nerves; lemma 13-17.5 x 2-2.5 mm, inrolled at maturity, with a hyaline margin and apical teeth to 2.5 mm; awn 14-28 mm long, slender, straight or weakly divaricate, arising 2.5-4 mm below the apex of the lemma.

Published illustration: Burbidge (1970) Australian grasses 3:pl. 38.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE.   All States except the N.T..   Native to the southern part of Europe and widely introduced in other temperate countries. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: Aug. — Nov.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Uses: When young provides some feed for livestock on coastal sand in the south-east of the State where trace elements, copper and zinc are deficient in the soil. The seeds may be troublesome in the wool and hides of sheep.

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