Skye Flora

Anisantha sterilis

Photo © Carl Farmer
(7 Jun 2002 Berwick-upon-Tweed)

A very poor pic of the grass caught on a fence on a dull windy evening!
 

Rare, on dry waste or cultivated ground or walls.

Stems to c 100 cm tall.  Lemma c 15-20 mm long plus awn c 20-35 mm long.

Skye ID: Similar to Hairy Brome, but with panicle branches unbranched.  Spikelets, each with c 5-10 long-awned florets, drooping on the ends of long stalks, giving a very loose and open effect.

Other features: Annual.  A rather floppy plant.  Stems hairless, unlike those of Hairy Brome.