False Brome

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Brachypodium distachyon

Soft annual introduced grass with mostly single stems often bent abruptly near the base. Flowers in clusters of 5-6 heads with conspicuous bristles or awns.

Details
Flora Type
Grasses
Distinctive Features

Conspicuous bristles or awns on seeds.
Biology

Annual. Found on sandy and rocky soils, and basalt.
Native Status
Introduced
Flowering Time

Sep-Dec
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Brachypodium
Species
distachyon

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Looks a bit like a short, spindly Common Wheatgrass (Anthosachne scaber)
Native Status
Introduced