Character:  A tufted or solitary grass, with a grey/green colour.  Can form hybrids with related species.

Flower:  The panicle is large, tight and erect.  Spikelets are bristly, oval and compressed. The flowers have short awns and overlap. 

Significance:  This grass weed is now more prevalent in cultivated land, and like Barren Brome produces a large number of seeds, which are shed early in the Summer.  If left untreated it will result in a major infestation in the following crop.