Poaceae
Perennial quakinggrass
Briza media
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Briza
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Common names
By language (32)
- Arabic
- بريزة أنيقة
- arz
- بريزا ميديا
- Asturian
- Pendientín medianu
- Basque
- Din-dil
- Belarusian
- Дрыжнік сярэдні
- Bulgarian
- Средна сълзица
- Cantonese
- 凌風草
- Chinese
- 凌風草, 凌风草
- Czech
- Třeslice prostřední
- Danish
- Almindelig Hjertegræs, Hjertegræs
- Dutch
- Bevertjes
- English
- Perennial quakinggrass, Quaking grass
- Esperanto
- Meza brizo
- Estonian
- Keskmine värihein
- Finnish
- Niittyräpelö, Räpelö
- French
- Amourette commune
- German
- Gewöhnliches Zittergras, Zittergras, Mittleres Zittergras
- hsb
- Wšědna třepjetawka
- Hungarian
- Rezgőpázsit
- kab
- Irden n tsekkurt
- Latvian
- Parastais vizulis
- Lithuanian
- Kiškio ašarėlės
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Hjertegress
- Persian
- لرزان چمن چندساله
- Polish
- Drżączka średnia
- Russian
- Трясунка средняя
- sgs
- Zoikė kanapē
- Slovenian
- Navadna migalica
- Spanish
- Cedacillo, Cedacillo de Espana con tembladeras, Cedacillo de España con tembladeras, Grama tremula, Grama trémula, Hierba del aire, Lagrimas de San Jose, Lagrimas de San José
- Swedish
- Darrgräs, Dallergräs, Vanligt darrgräs
- Ukrainian
- Трясунка середня
- Welsh
- Crydwellt
Synonyms
- Briza anceps L. ex Munro
- Briza australis Prokudin
- Briza compacta Dreer
- Briza elatior Sm.
- Briza elatior var. australia (Prokudin) Tzvelev
- Briza elatior var. australis (Prokudin) Tzvelev
- Briza lutescens Foucault
- Briza media f. intermedia Zapał.
- Briza media f. murrii Soó
- Briza media f. pauciflora Asch. & Graebn.
- Briza media f. pilosa (Schur) Ghisa
- Briza media f. pumila Junge
- Briza media f. repens (Roth) Ghisa
- Briza media f. umbrosa Peterm.
- Briza media subsp. elatior (Sm.) Rohlena
- Briza media subvar. glomerulosa Murr
- Briza media subvar. scabriuscula Podp.
- Briza media var. albida Lej.
- Briza media var. alpestris Beck
- Briza media var. clusii (Desv.) Rouy
- Briza media var. coarctata Babey
- Briza media var. dublanensis Zapał.
- Briza media var. elatior (Sm.) Griseb.
- Briza media var. gracilenta Podp.
- Briza media var. gracilior Spenn.
- Briza media var. gracilis Podp.
- Briza media var. hirsuta Grognot
- Briza media var. horakii Rohlena
- Briza media var. lutescens (Dumort.) Dumort.
- Briza media var. lutescens (Foucault) Ducommun
- Briza media var. major Peterm.
- Briza media var. montana Pančić
- Briza media var. nivea T.Bastard
- Briza media var. pallens (Chevall.) Boreau
- Briza media var. pallescens Döll
- Briza media var. pallida Blytt
- Briza media var. pallida Blytt
- Briza media var. pauciflora (Schur) Asch. & Graebn.
- Briza media var. pilosa (Schur) Asch. & Graebn.
- Briza media var. repens Roth
and 10 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to July (from 252 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: David Sankey, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lars Willighagen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter de Lange, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Grzegorz Grzejszczak, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Daniel Cahen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Matthew Flood, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bildoj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Екатерина Войнова, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Zeke Marshall, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, 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.