Meadow Brome Bromus commutatus Brómas móinéir Family: Poaceae Flowering May-June. Annual. Native. Identified by Paul Green Similar to Soft Brome, B. hordeaceus but the flowerheads are looser and more spreading with long, +/- drooping branches. Pale green, oblong spikelets, 5-8 flowered with slightly veined lemmas and longer anthers, 1.5-2mm. Height 30-90cm. Rare in Ireland, in damp, unimproved meadows and on roadsides. Similar: Smooth Brome, B. racemosus

     






Meadow Brome, Bromus commutatus. Bantry House, Co. Cork. June 2009