Briza minor
Encyclopedia
Briza minor is a species of grass
known by the common names
Lesser quaking-grass or little quakinggrass. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin
, and it is known elsewhere, including much of North America, as an introduced species
. It is an annual grass producing narrow clumps of erect stems up to 50 centimeters tall. The inflorescence
bears several small cone-shaped spikelets, each hanging on a pedicel
.
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
known by the common names
Lesser quaking-grass or little quakinggrass. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin
Mediterranean Basin
In biogeography, the Mediterranean Basin refers to the lands around the Mediterranean Sea that have a Mediterranean climate, with mild, rainy winters and hot, dry summers, which supports characteristic Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation...
, and it is known elsewhere, including much of North America, as an introduced species
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
. It is an annual grass producing narrow clumps of erect stems up to 50 centimeters tall. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
bears several small cone-shaped spikelets, each hanging on a pedicel
Pedicel (botany)
A pedicel is a stem that attaches single flowers to the main stem of the inflorescence. It is the branches or stalks that hold each flower in an inflorescence that contains more than one flower....
.