Crab-fishing grass (Crab-fishing grass) - Crab-fishing grass (English name) Trisetum bifidum

Japanese: カニツリグサ(蟹釣草) - カニツリグサ（英語表記）Trisetum bifidum

A perennial grass of the grass family. It is found throughout Japan, China, the Korean peninsula, and Taiwan, growing wild on roadsides and in grasslands. It is 40-80 cm tall, with linear, relatively short leaves. The stem is erect, with alternate leaves with sheaths, and a flower spike at the top of the stem. It consists of numerous spikelets, each of which has several flowers gathered flat. It has long awns. The flowers are whitish-green, sometimes tinged with purple, but later turn yellowish-brown.

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Japanese:

イネ科の多年草。日本全土および中国，朝鮮半島，台湾に分布し，路傍，草地に自生している。高さは 40～80cmで，葉は線形をなし比較的短い。茎は立上がって葉鞘のある葉が互生し，茎の頂端に花穂をつける。多数の小穂から成り，小穂は数花が平らに集っている。長い芒 (のぎ) がある。花は白緑色，ときに紫色を帯びるが，のちに黄褐色となる。

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