Brachypodium retusum Mediterranean False-brome
This grass looked very familiar when we saw this excellent specimen and when I found its English name I knew why. It does look very like the familiar False-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) which is so common in the UK. The purple flower is Fagonia cretica (Fagonia).
Gorge off A341 near Tabernas, Southern Spain, 21st March 2007
Added on 7th December 2007