Briza maxima

Taxobox
name = "Briza maxima"

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Briza maxima"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Briza"
species = "B. maxima"
binomial= "Briza maxima"
binomial_authority = L.

"Briza maxima" is a species of the genus Briza, as such it is an annual grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Northern Africa, the Azores, Western Asia and Southern Europe and is cultivated or naturalised in the British Isles, Australasia, the west of the United States, Central and South America and Hawaii.cite web |url= http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7725 |title=Briza maxima |accessdate=2007-10-18 |format= |work=Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN)|publisher=United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area ] This species has a large number of common names including Big Quaking Grass, Great Quaking Grass, Large Quaking Grass , Quaking Grass, Blowfly Grass, Shelly Grass and Shell Grass. [ [http://www.joondalup.wa.gov.au/cms/filedisplay.asp?file=444 Joondalup Coastal Foreshore Natural Areas Management Plan] www.joondalup.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 2007-10-15.] [ [http://www.weeds.asn.au/weeds/bot_to_comm.html Common -> Botanical Name] www.weeds.asn.au. Retrieved 2007-10-15.] It grows to a height of 60cm. [ [http://members.iinet.net.au/~weeds/western_weeds/poaceae_two.htm POACEAE - Grass Family] Retrieved 2007-10-15.]

It is sometimes grown as an annual ornamental plant.

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