Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon

Bayer Code : brzmi

Scientific name: Briza minor L.

Synonym(s) of Sc. name:

Classification: Gramineae, Monocotyledonous

Common name: lesser quaking grass

Synonym(s) of Common name:

Name per country: DE : Zittergras ; ES : briza ; FR : petite brize ; IT : sonaglini minori ; PT : bole-bole-menor ; EN : lesser quaking grass ;

Biological type: Annual

Seed:

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Seedling:

- Shoot rolled, cylindrical leaf sheath.

- Lamina 20-50 times longer than large, leaf glabrous.

- Ligule membranous pointed margin on leaf sheath; auricles absent.

Adult plant:

- Height: 15-50 cm. Cespitose.

- Stem erect sometimes geniculate at base, glabrous.

- Leaves slightly rough, bushy, plan, long (8-15 cm) and large (5-12 mm) attenuated tip. Leaves with veins finely denticulate. Leaf sheath margin simulates auricles, left ligule attached to basal part of lamina.

- Inflorescence: slack panicle, very branched and flat. Small triangular spikelets, pale green rarely purplish.

- Species rare in crops.

- Biological type: annual.

Ecological profile (click on flags):   Rare       Rare       Present       Present    

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