Ibukinukabo - Ibukinukabo

Japanese: イブキヌカボ - いぶきぬかぼ

It is a slender perennial grass of the Poaceae family that grows under forests and in grasslands in mountainous regions. Its Japanese name is Ibuki Nukaho, which means Nukabo (branberry) from Mt. Ibuki in Shiga Prefecture, but it is more closely related to Suzume no Teppo (grass) than Nukabo (branberry) (illustration). It is bright green and soft overall. The stem is upright and unbranched, and is about 80 cm tall. The leaves are linear lanceolate, pale green, about 15 cm long, and 1.5 cm wide, with blunt tips. Towards summer, it produces sparse panicles about 15 cm long at the top of the stem, with thread-like branches that hang down in whorls around the central axis, and several spikelets at the tips.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

山地の林下や草原に生えるイネ科の細長い多年草で，和名は伊吹糠穂で滋賀県伊吹山のヌカボの意味だが，ヌカボよりスズメノテッポウなどにより近縁のものである（イラスト）。全体に鮮緑色で軟らかい。茎は直立して枝分れせず，高さは80cm前後である。葉は線状披針形で，淡緑色，長さ15cmくらい，幅は1.5cmに達し，先は鈍い。夏に向かって茎の頂に長さ15cmほどのまばらな円錐花序を出し，その中軸に糸状の枝がやや垂れぎみに輪生し，その先端に数個の小穂をつける。

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