Narcovie - Narcovie

Japanese: ナルコビエ - なるこびえ

A perennial grass (illustration) that grows in fields and riverbanks. It produces clumps, with stems that branch at the base, reach heights of 40-90cm, are hairy, and bear inflorescences at the end. The leaves are mostly basal, linear, 10-30cm long, about 1cm wide, dark green, and long hairy. It blooms from summer to autumn. The inflorescence is a raceme with 4-7 branches slanted to one side on a central axis 7-10cm long, with the tip of the inflorescence slightly tilted toward the branch, and is named Naruko-hime because of its resemblance to a clapper. The spikelets are arranged in two rows on the underside of the branches, have short stalks, are 4.5mm long, ovoid, yellow-green, and hairy.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

原野や河原に生えるイネ科の多年草（イラスト）。株を作り，茎は基部で分岐して立ち，高さは40～90cm，毛があり，先に花序をつける。葉はおおむね根生，長さ10～30cmの線形で，幅は1cmくらい，濃い緑色で，長い毛がある。夏から秋にかけて開花する。花序は総状で，長さ7～10cmの中軸上に，4～7個の枝を一方に偏ってつけ，花序の先は枝の側へ多少傾き，その形が鳴子に似ているから鳴子稗の名がある。小穂は枝の下側に2列に並び，短い柄があって，長さ4.5mmの卵形で，黄緑色，毛がある。

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