Briza media L.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Poaceae

• Scientific Name

  Briza media L.

• Description

  Species Description - Loosely tufted perennial 3–6 dm; lvs 2–4 mm wide, scabrous- margined; ligule truncate, ca 1 mm; infl 5–15 cm, lax, freely branched; spikelets numerous, round- ovate, 4–7 mm, 4–12-fld; glumes 2.5–3.5 mm, 3–5-veined; lemmas ca 4 mm; 2n=14, 28. Native of Europe, sparsely intr. in meadows and waste places in the n. part of our range.

• Common Names

  perennial quaking grass