Bromus hordeaceus subsp. hordeaceus

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 187

(a) Subsp. hordeaceus

( B. mollis L. ):

Sometimes biennial; stems 3-80 cm, usually erect. Leaf-sheaths strongly hairy. Panicle (3-)5-10 cm; spikelets 12-25x 4-6 mm, lanceolate, with 6-12 florets, usually hairy. Lemma 8-11 mm, bluntly angled; awn 4-11 mm, stout, straight, erect. Anthers 0-2-2 mm. Throughout the range of the species.