Briza maxima, Big Quaking Grass - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Big Quaking Grass, Great Quaking Grass, Large Quaking Grass , Quaking Grass, Blowfly Grass, Rattlesnake Grass, Shelly Grass

Botanical name & synonyms: Briza maxima, Briza capensis, Briza dalmatica, Briza gracilescens, Briza grandis, Briza major, Briza microclada, Briza monspessulana, Briza montana, Briza portenschlagii, Briza pulchella, Briza pulchella, Briza rubens, Briza rubra, Macrobriza maxima, Poa maxima

Family: Gramineae, true grasses (Poaceae)

• native to Mediterranean region
  

• annual
  

• 30 to 50cm
  

• flower V to VII
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 5 gram