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Large quaking-grass

Briza maxima

Description:

Grass seedpod

Habitat:

Grassland.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Large quaking-grass
Briza maxima Briza maxima


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13 Comments

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you celestialprincess101

celestialprincess101
celestialprincess101 10 years ago

Wow, this is really pretty and very unusual!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Seema

Seema
Seema 10 years ago

beautiful

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Laura Pound and Telse

Telse
Telse 10 years ago

Such an interesting looking plant.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Gracias Gerardo.

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 10 years ago

Very nice great series Luis !

LauraPound
LauraPound 10 years ago

I have a few of these I plucked from the plants, that the cats didn't manage to find and chew up. They do make a noise if I shake them near my ear. I've always called them rattlesnake seeds.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Chief RedEarth, keithp2012 and Noel Buensuceso. They didn't make any noise but they do look like rattlesnake rattle.

Noel Buensuceso
Noel Buensuceso 10 years ago

Very nice series, Luis!

keithp2012
keithp2012 10 years ago

Looks just like a rattlesnake rattle, does it make noise when shaken?

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 10 years ago

Thank you Mark Ridgway for the ID and the link.

LuisStevens
Spotted by
LuisStevens

California, USA

Spotted on Jun 10, 2012
Submitted on Jun 5, 2013

Spotted for Mission

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