Kazekusa - Wind

Japanese: カゼクサ - かぜくさ
Kazekusa - Wind

A perennial grass of the Poaceae family (APG classification: Poaceae). The culms are clumpy and 30-70 cm tall. The plant is inverted. From August to October, the culms produce many branched panicles with sparse spikelets. There are yellow glands above the inflorescence branches. The spikelets are lanceolate and 6-10 mm long. It is found on wastelands and roadsides, and is distributed from Honshu to Kyushu, Korea, China, and the Himalayas. The closely related weeping lovegrass (Chinese weeping lovegrass), which is planted to stabilize and green slopes on road cuts, is a perennial herb native to South Africa, with deeply drooping culms and leaves.

[Jianchang Xu August 20, 2019]

[Reference] | Weeping Lovegrass

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イネ科(APG分類:イネ科)の多年草。稈(かん)は株立ちし、高さ30~70センチメートル。草は表裏が反転する。8~10月、稈の先に多くの枝分れをする円錐(えんすい)花序をつくり、まばらに小穂をつける。花序分枝の上方に黄色の腺(せん)がある。小穂は披針(ひしん)形で長さ6~10ミリメートル。荒れ地や道端にみられ、本州から九州および朝鮮、中国、ヒマラヤに分布する。道路の切り通し傾斜面などの固定、緑化のために植えられる近縁のウィーピングラブグラス(シナダレスズメガヤ、シナダレカゼクサ)は、南アフリカ原産の多年草で、稈、葉ともに深く垂れ下がる。

[許 建 昌 2019年8月20日]

[参照項目] | ウィーピングラブグラス

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