Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Briza minor
FAMILY
Poaceae
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Learn more about Briza from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Briza minor
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Briza minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24 (2007)
Briza minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-12-001:
Briza minor FAMILY Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Briza minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Briza minor
COMMON NAME:
Lesser Quaking-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_brmi2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950 pnd_brmi2_002_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Briza minor
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Briza minor
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Briza minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 24
Briza minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-12-001:
Briza minor
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Briza minor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Briza minor
4173
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Annual
Habitat: Fields, roadsides, powerline rights-of-way, other disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Non-native: Europe
Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in Piedmont, rare in Mountains
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Inflorescence an open panicle
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Grain yellowish
Grain
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Manual of the Grasses of the United States (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950) p139
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p150
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