Briza minor
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Briza minor is a species of grass known by the common names lesser quaking-grass{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }} 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.
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Briza minor|Briza minor}}
- [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?8738,8855,8857 Jepson Manual Treatment]
- [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=BRMI2 USDA Plants Profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110611145657/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Briza_minor&type=treatment Grass Manual Treatment]
- [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Briza+minor Photo gallery]
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Category:Plants described in 1753
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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