Citation: Roth., Bot. Mag.(Zürich) 4(10):21 (1790).

Synonymy: B. maximus Desf., Fl. Atlant. 1:95 (1798); B. villosus Asch. & Graebner, Syn. Mitleleur. Fl. 2:595 (1901).

Common name: Rigid brome.

Description:
Erect annual 15-55 cm high; stem pubescent; leaves with sparse hair, c. 80 x 2-4 mm; sheaths with spreading or retrorse hair; ligule prominent, torn.

Panicle 55-80 x 20-25 mm, erect; branches in half whorls of 2-4, 4-14 (rarely 20) mm long, pubescent, rigid, erect, with 1 (sometimes 2) spikelets; spikelets to 30 mm, often heavily pigmented with reddish-black; lower glume 14-16 mm, 1- (or weakly 3-) nerved, upper 20-27 mm, prominently 3-nerved; lemma 20-3.2 mm, weakly 5-nerved, scabrous; awn inserted 2.5-5 mm below the 2-fid apex of the lemma, 30-45 mm long, flattened and scabrid towards the base.

Distribution:    N.T.; data not available for other States.   Native of southern and western Europe. Conservation status: naturalised Flowering time: mainly Sept. — Nov.

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

Biology: No text

Uses: Seeds penetrate the skin of livestock and cause damage to the wool and hides.

Taxonomic notes: Confused in the literature with B. diandrus Roth.

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