Tufted, short-lived, coarse textured biennial or perennial tufted grass leaf rolled in bud, may appear to be folded. Leaf blade pale green, flat, 6-14 mm wide. Inflorescence an open, often drooping panicle. Spikelets drooping, wedge-shaped, flattened, on long stalks, 4-10 flowered, glumes unequal. [B.unioloides (Willd.) Kunth.]

Indigenous to Europe

Common weed in cultivation, roadsides and parkland. Not recommended for turf grass purposes.

Source: Spencer, R.; Aldous, D.; Stajsic, V.; McGeary, D (2005). Poaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.