Pronunciation: BRO-mus 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 July
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Bromus
2) maritimus
Formerly Bromus carinatus var. maritimus