Blue corn grass - Blue corn grass

Japanese: アオコメガヤ - あおこめがや
Blue corn grass - Blue corn grass

…The inflorescence is a panicle, but the branches are very short, and the spikelets with thread-like stalks hang down tilted to one side, making it look like a one-sided raceme. There are 5 to 13 spikelets, 6 to 8 mm long, and white with a tinge of pale purple or whitish green (called blue-green grass). Encased in an elliptical glume, there are two normal florets and one rod-shaped degenerate floret. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Aokomegayaki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…花序は円錐であるが,枝が非常に短く,糸状の柄のついた小穂が片側に傾き垂れるので,片側の総状に見え,美しい。小穂は5~13個で,長さは6~8mm,白色で淡紫色を帯びるか白っぽい緑色(アオコメガヤという)をしている。楕円形の苞穎(ほうえい)に包まれて,2個の正常の小花と1個の棒状の退化小花がある。…

※「アオコメガヤ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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