Autumn foxtail - Autumn foxtail

Japanese: アキノエノコログサ - あきのえのころぐさ

An annual plant of the grass family (APG classification: Poaceae). It resembles green foxtail grass overall, but the culm can reach up to 1 meter, and has long hairs on the leaf surfaces as well as the edges of the leaf sheaths. The inflorescence is long and slightly drooping at the tip. The second glume is 1/2 to 2/3 the length of the spikelet. It flowers from September to November. It grows on roadsides and forest edges throughout Japan, and is also distributed in China and Vietnam.

[Jianchang Xu August 20, 2019]

[Reference] | Green foxtail

Foxtail
It grows on roadsides and forest edges throughout Japan, with culms reaching up to 1m. It flowers from September to November, with the tips of the flower spikes slightly drooping. ©Shogakukan Photo by Okuyama Hisashi ">

Foxtail

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イネ科（APG分類：イネ科）の一年草。全体的にエノコログサに似るが、稈(かん)は1メートルにも達し、葉鞘(ようしょう)の縁以外に葉面にも長毛をもつ。花穂はやや先が垂れ下がって長い。第2包穎(ほうえい)は長さが小穂の2分の1～3分の2。花期は9～11月。日本全土の道端や林縁に生え、中国、ベトナムにも分布する。

［許　建　昌　2019年8月20日］

[参照項目] | エノコログサ

アキノエノコログサ

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