Briza maxima (Introduced)

Briza maxima L., Sp. Pl. 70 1753. (Syn: Briza capensis Schrank; Briza dalmatica Gand.; Briza gracilescens Gand.; Briza grandis Salisb.; Briza major C.Presl; Briza microclada Gand.; Briza monspessulana Gouan; Briza montana Brouss.; Briza portenschlagii Gand.; Briza pulchella Kunth; Briza pulchella Kunth ex Steud.; Briza rubens Poir.; Briza rubra Lam.; Macrobriza maxima (L.) Tzvelev; Poa maxima (L.) Cav.);

Macaronesia to Medit. : Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baleares, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., France, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Alberta, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Austria, Baltic States, Bermuda, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, California, Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Colombia, Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Ecuador, Egypt, Florida, Free State, Georgia, Great Britain, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, India, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Juan Fernández Is., Kenya, Krym, KwaZulu-Natal, Marquesas, Massachusetts, Mauritius, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Primorye, Queensland, Québec, Réunion, South Australia, South European Russi, Sri Lanka, Tasmania, Transcaucasus, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Zimbabwe as per POWO;

Grass at Nilgiris for identification 030311MK1:

Please help to id this grass species found growing on garden floor at Ooty town, Nilgiris.
Altitude: 2200 msl
Date: 25 Jan 2011
Grass 30 cm height; leaves c.10 cm long
Inflorescence 2cm long

– It is confined as Briza maxima L.

– its Briza Maxima commonly called as Great Quaking Grass, Rattlesnake Grass.