Briza media
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Treslica
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Seeds - spice
The seeds are used in porridge and bread.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant. It grows in grassy clearings in forests between 3,600-3,800 m above sea level in southern China. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Argentina, Asia, Balkans, Bhutan, Bosnia, China, Europe, Himalayas, India, Nepal, Slovenia, South America, Tibet,
How to Identify
A grass. It keeps growing from year to year. It has short rhizomes. The stalks are in loose tufts. It grows 40-60 cm tall. The leaf blades are 4-15 cm long by 4-5 mm wide.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Briza media is a perennial grass in the family Poaceae and is a species of the genus Briza. Common name includes quaking-grass, common quaking grass, cow-quake, didder, dithering-grass, dodder-grass, doddering dillies, doddle-grass, earthquakes, jiggle-joggles, jockey-grass, lady's-hair, maidenhair-grass, pearl grass, quakers, quakers-and-shakers, shaking-grass, tottergrass, and wag-wantons.
Names & Synonyms
Navadna migalica
References (1)
- Redzic, S. J., 2006, Wild Edible Plants and their Traditional Use in the Human Nutrition in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Ecology of Food and Nutrition, 45:189-232
