[2] It is native to the Mediterranean basin, and it is known in other places, including Australia, South Africa, and California, as an introduced species and sometimes a weed.

Bromus alopecuros grows 10–80 cm (3.9–31.5 in) tall, with smooth leaf sheathes and a ligule with hairs on its margins.

Its inflorescence is an open panicle with stiff branches, growing 6–20 cm (2.4–7.9 in) long.

The fertile spikelets are lanceolate or ovate in shape, growing 2.4–4.5 cm (0.94–1.77 in) long.

[3] Though Bromus alopecuros is native to the east Mediterranean and northern Africa, it is introduced in many subtropical areas, including California, New South Wales, Queensland, and Tasmania.