Latin name: Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. var.
  maritimus (Piper) C. Hitchc.
  Pronunciation:
BRO-mus kare-in-AY-tus mar-IT-i-
  mus

  Common name: Seaside brome
  Family: Poaceae (Grass)
  Habitat: Dunes, meadows near the coast at low
  elevations, northern South Coast, Channel Islands

  Blooming period: April to August
  Click for Latin name derivations:  1) Bromus
  2) carinatus
 3) maritimus
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