Quaking Grass

Briza media

Plant Data

Order:

Poales

Family:

Poaceae (Grass)

Type:

Flower

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Flower:

Green, no petals

Distinctive and sparse-looking spikelets, purplish. Flowers oval to triangular that quiver in the wind.

Fruit:

Broad, ellipsoid caryopsis (a dry, one-seeded fruit).

Leaves:

Dull green, linear, upright leaves. Smooth and flat.

Maximum Size:

40 centimetres tall

Other Names:

Common Quaking-grass, Cow-quake, Didder, Dithering-grass, Dithery Dock, Dodder-grass, Doddering Dillies, Doddle-grass, Dothery Dock, Earthquakes, Jiggle-joggles, Jockey Grass, Joey Jingles, Lady's Hair, Maidenhair-grass, Pearl Grass, Quakers, Quakers-and-Shakers, Shaking-grass, Shivery Shakes, Shivery Shaky Grass, Toddling Grass, Totter Grass, Trembling Grass, Wag-wantons, Wagwants, Wibbly-wobbly, Wigwams.

Frequency (UK):

Occasionally seen

Habitats:

Farmland, grassland, heathland, meadows, moorland.