Poaceae
Big quakinggrass
Briza maxima
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Briza
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- بريزة كبيرة
- arz
- بريزا ماكسيما
- Belarusian
- Дрыжнік вялікі
- Bulgarian
- Едра сълзица
- Cantonese
- 大凌風草
- Chinese
- 大凌风草
- Czech
- Třeslice větší
- Dutch
- Groot trilgras
- English
- Big quakinggrass
- Estonian
- Suur värihein
- Finnish
- Isoräpelö
- French
- Grande brize
- Galician
- Tremedeira
- German
- Großes Zittergras
- Greek
- Βρίζα η μέγιστη
- Italian
- Sonaglino maggiore
- Japanese
- コバンソウ
- kab
- Timeẓwanin
- Malayalam
- ബ്രിസ മാക്സിമ
- Polish
- Drżączka większa
- Russian
- Трясунка большая
- Swedish
- Italienskt darrgräs
- Turkish
- Büyük zembil otu
- Welsh
- Crydwellt mawr
Synonyms
- Briza capensis Schrank
- Briza dalmatica Gand.
- Briza gracilescens Gand.
- Briza grandis Salisb.
- Briza major C.Presl
- Briza maxima f. concolor Maire & Weiller
- Briza maxima f. discolor Maire & Weiller
- Briza maxima f. rubra (Lam.) Maire
- Briza maxima f. unicolor Maire & Weiller
- Briza maxima var. fusca Merino
- Briza maxima var. glabriflora Rohlena
- Briza maxima var. hirsuta Doum.
- Briza maxima var. monspessulana (Gouan) Griseb.
- Briza maxima var. monspessulana (Gouan) Gouan ex Koel.
- Briza maxima var. pubescens Mutel
- Briza maxima var. pubescens (Doum.) Nicotra
- Briza maxima var. rubra (Lam.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Briza microclada Gand.
- Briza monspessulana Gouan
- Briza montana Brouss.
- Briza portenschlagii Gand.
- Briza pulchella Kunth
- Briza pulchella Kunth ex Steud.
- Briza rubens Poir.
- Briza rubra Lam.
- Macrobriza maxima (L.) Tzvelev
- Poa maxima (L.) Cav.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to June, October to November (from 504 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Ina Siebert, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Constanza Vargas Villegas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: nicolasecheveste, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Luis Nunes Alberto, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.