Komegaya - Komegaya

Japanese: コメガヤ - こめがや

A rather common, elegant perennial grass (illustration) found under mountain forests. Its name, Komegaya (rice thatch) and alternative name Suzumenokome (sparrow's rice), comes from the striking white, round spikelets which resemble rice. It produces a rather loose clump with thin runners. The leaves are linear, up to 20cm long, and dark green on top. The slender stems rise from a short, spreading base and produce panicles about 10cm long at the top in early summer. The inflorescence is panicle-shaped, but the branches are very short and the spikelets with thread-like stalks hang down tilted to one side, giving the appearance of a one-sided inflorescence, which is beautiful.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

山地の林の下にやや普通な，風情のあるイネ科の多年草（イラスト）。米茅（こめがや）や異名の雀の米（すずめのこめ）の名は，白くて目をひく丸っこい小穂を米に見立てたものである。ややゆるい株を作り，細い走出枝を出す。葉は線形で，長さ20cmに達し，表面は濃い緑色である。茎は細く，短くはった基部から立ち上がり，初夏にその上部に長さ10cm内外の円錐花序を出す。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。

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