| Family |
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) |
| Scientific name |
Briza minor L. |
| Synonyms |
Briza deltoidea Burman f.; Briza minor L. var. virens (L.) Rouy; Briza
virens L. |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) hime-koban-sou [dwarf oval gold coin grass] |
| (English common name) lesser quaking grass, little quaking grass, small
quaking grass |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) [native] Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,
Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Albania, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece, Italy, Portugal,
Spain, Egypt, Libya |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=10, 14 |
| Description |
Culms 10-60cm tall. Leaves 3-12cm long, 1-6mm wide. Flowers spikelets 3-5mm,
flowering in May to August. Annual plants. |
| Reference |
Briza minor L. |
| Note |
Naturalized plants (introduced in 19th) |
