Poaceae
Little quakinggrass
Briza minor
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Briza
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Common names
By language (15)
- Arabic
- بريزة صغيرة, بريزة, قصفة صغيرة
- Asturian
- Pendientín
- Cantonese
- 銀鱗茅, 小凌風草
- Chinese
- 銀鱗草, 银鳞草, 銀鱗茅, 银鳞茅
- Czech
- Třeslice menší
- English
- Little quakinggrass
- Estonian
- Väike värihein
- Finnish
- Pikkuräpelö
- Japanese
- ヒメコバンソウ, スズガヤ, 姫小判草
- Persian
- لرزان چمن
- Polish
- Drżączka mniejsza
- Russian
- Трясунка малая, Бриза малая
- Spanish
- Amores nuevos, Cupidillos ruines
- Swedish
- Dvärgdarrgräs
- Welsh
- Crydwellt bach
Synonyms
- Briza aspera Knapp
- Briza deltoidea Burm.f.
- Briza gracilis G.Nicholson
- Briza gracilis hort.
- Briza minima G.Nicholson
- Briza minor f. concolor Maire
- Briza minor f. purpurascens Maire
- Briza minor var. virens (L.) Rouy
- Briza tremula var. minor (L.) Koeler
- Briza trichotoma Steud.
- Briza virens L.
- Briza virens var. minor (L.) Chaub.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Celeste Ray, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Harry Rose, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Colin Meurk, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Becky Dill, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ixitixel, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Show_yu, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.