Briza maxima spikelet x-section2 NC
Introduced cool-season annual
erect, tufted grass to 60 cm tall. Flowerheads are open panicles. Spikelets are drooping on thin nodding stems, large (10-20 mm long), 7-19 flowered and unawned. Lemmas are inflated and as broad as long. Germinates from autumn to spring and flowers in late winter and spring. A native of the Mediterranean, it is a minor weed along roadsides and in disturbed areas where there is poor ground cover. An indicator of poor ground cover. Of little agricultural importance as it produces little leaf before going to head and is uncompetitive in coastal pastures. Easily managed with dense pastures and by removing flowerheads at early flowering for 1-2 years.
Briza maxima spikelet x-section2 NC
Introduced cool-season annual
erect, tufted grass to 60 cm tall. Flowerheads are open panicles. Spikelets are drooping on thin nodding stems, large (10-20 mm long), 7-19 flowered and unawned. Lemmas are inflated and as broad as long. Germinates from autumn to spring and flowers in late winter and spring. A native of the Mediterranean, it is a minor weed along roadsides and in disturbed areas where there is poor ground cover. An indicator of poor ground cover. Of little agricultural importance as it produces little leaf before going to head and is uncompetitive in coastal pastures. Easily managed with dense pastures and by removing flowerheads at early flowering for 1-2 years.