Family:

Poaceae

Habitat:

Garrigue, maquis

Growth habit:

hshrubby

Plant size:

10 - 60 cm

Flower colour:

hbright green

Flowering time

April - June

Leaf characteristics:

Blade 5 - 20 cm long, flat, thin, margin finely rough, leaf sheath smooth, ligule 2 - 5 mm long

Flower characteristics:

loose, nodding panicles of 1 to 12, 14 - 25 mm long, 7 - 20 flowered spikelets, lemmas reddish-brown, without awns, protruding almost horizontally from the spike axis

Special features:

The great quaking grass is also popular as an ornamental plant.