Bromus ramosus, the hairy brome, is a bunchgrass in the grass family Poaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia.Mary E. Barkworth, Laurel K. Anderton, Kathleen M. Capels, Sandy Long, Michael B. Piep (2008) Manual of Grasses for North America The name Bromus comes from the term brome, meaning oats. Unlike most other bromes (Bromus sp.), it grows in shady sites under trees.
Description Bromus ramosus is a perennial herbaceous bunchgrass, typically reaching tall. The leaves are long, usually drooping, long and wide, and finely hairy.Umberto Quattrocchi (2006) CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology Volume I
The flower spike is gracefully arched with pendulous spikelets on long slender stems in pairs on the main stem.
Subspecies Bromus ramosus subsp. benekenii (Lange) Schintz et Thell. – lesser hairy brome Bromus ramosus subsp. ramosus
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