Briza minor
Common names
shivery grass
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Grasses
Simplified description
This tuft-forming grass grows up to 45 cm tall. It has a cluster of ver small (2–5 mm) heart-shaped seed heads of slender forked branches. Seeds appear in summer and are pale green (Ermert and Clapp 1998).
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Poaceae
Ecology
Year naturalised
1867
Origin
Mediterranean
Life cycle
Reproduces via seed or bulbils
Other information
Etymology
briza: From Greek brizo ‘to nod’ referring to the nodding motion of the spikelets
minor: Smaller
NVS code
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