Red Brome - introduced (*Bromus rubens)

Native to the Mediterranean area. Annual. C3.

Family. Poaceae (Grass family).

Identification:

• it is a low-growing grass, usually 20-30mm high
• the flower cluster is dense, held erect when fresh
• the glumes are shorter than the lemmas
• the lemmas are long-awned
• the leaves are flat
• the ligules are to 2.5mm long, becoming tor.
• the mature flowers take on a dark-red colour, hence "Red Brome".

Red Brome is moderately common. The red colour, the clustered flowers and the conspicuous awns are characteristic.

It is an environmental weed.

rubens: blush-red.

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