Hares‐tail‐grass

Japanese: ウサギノオ（英語表記）hares‐tail‐grass

An annual grass of the Gramineae family, the inflorescence of which is used as a dried flower by drying it. It has a thin stem about 20 cm tall that branches at the bottom. The leaves, along with the stem and leaf sheaths, are hairy, narrow lanceolate, 8 cm long and just under 1 cm wide. Towards summer, the top of the stem produces an oval-shaped inflorescence 2-4 cm long, covered in whitish hairs and brown awns. Because this inflorescence closely resembles the tail of a hare, the genus name was given to this plant, which is the Greek word for "tail of the hare, lagos," and both the English and Japanese names are direct translations of this.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

花序部を干してドライフラワーとして用いられるイネ科の一年草。下部で枝分れした高さ20cm前後の細い茎がある。葉は茎や葉鞘（ようしよう）とともに毛があり，幅の狭い披針形で，長さ8cm，幅1cm弱である。夏に向かって茎の頂に，長さ2～4cmの楕円形で，全体に白っぽい毛と，褐色の芒（のぎ）に包まれた花穂を出し，この花序がノウサギの尾にそっくりなため，ギリシア語でノウサギlagosの尾ouraという属名が与えられ，英名も和名もその直訳である。

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