Briza maxima
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| Briza maxima | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Briza |
| Species: | B. maxima |
| Binomial name | |
| Briza maxima L. | |
Briza maxima is a species of the grass genus Briza. It is native to Northern Africa, the Azores, Western Asia, and Southern Europe and is cultivated or naturalised in the British Isles, Australasia, the western United States, Central and South America, and Hawaii.[1]
This species has a large number of common names, including big quaking grass, great quaking grass, large quaking grass, blowfly grass, rattlesnake grass, shelly grass, and shell grass.[2][3][1]
It grows to a height of 60 cm.
The seeds and leaves are edible.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Briza maxima". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area. Retrieved 2007-10-18.
- ↑ Joondalup Coastal Foreshore Natural Areas Management Plan Retrieved 2007-10-15.
- ↑ Briza maxima. National Weeds Strategy. Retrieved 2007-10-15.
- ↑ "Briza maxima". Survival and Self Sufficiency. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
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