Briza minor
little quaking grass
blades 1–12 cm × 1–8(10)mm; flat, slightly scabrous.
(2)4– 14(18) × 3–11 cm wide.
2–4(7)mm, triangular, with 4–7(13);
florets.
usually purple;
lower glumes 2–2.5 mm;
upper glumes 2–3.5 mm with 3–7 veins.
0.8–1 mm.
1.6–2 mm, often irregular in shape, becoming hyaline distally, glabrous or minutely scurfy, with indistinct veins; awnless.
0.4–0.5 mm.
=10, 14.
Briza minor
Disturbed dry meadows, seasonal wetlands around vernal pools, open woodlands, sand hills, roadsides, and pastures. 0–1300m. BW, CR, Est, Sisk, WV. CA, WA; east to NC, south to Mexico; worldwide. Exotic.
Briza minor is a delicate grass with tiny, pendent, triangular spikelets. Aira caryophyllea is equally delicate, but its spikelets are simpler, and its lemmas are not inflated.
Barbara Wilson, Richard Brainerd, Nick Otting
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BC, 
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OR, 
WA - Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos,
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