*Briza maxima

Family Poaceae

Quaking grass

Glabrous annual grass to 60 cm high. Longevity less than one year.

Flowers: Spring. Wind pollinated.

Fruit: Dry, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.

Seed: Dispersed locally.

Gallery images: seed, seedling, rootstock, resprout

Ecology

• Native of Mediterranean region.
• Weed in disturbed grassland.
• Occasional, minor weed in grassland at the Australian Botanic Garden.
• Probably killed by fire.
• C3 cool season metabolism.

Asterisk * indicates exotic species naturalised at the Australian Botanic Garden.