Species

Briza minor

Etymology

Briza: From Greek brizo 'to nod' referring to the nodding motion of the spikelets
minor: smaller

Common Name(s)

shivery grass

Authority

Briza minor L.

Family

Poaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

BRIMIN

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Grasses

Similar Taxa

This tuft-forming grass grows up to 45 cm tall. It has a cluster of ver small (2-5 mm) heart shaped seed heads of slender forked branches. Seeds appear in summer and are pale green in colour. (Ermert and Clapp 1998)

Year Naturalised

1867

Origin

Mediterranean

Reproduction
Reproduces via seed or bulbils

This page last updated on 26 Mar 2010