American Karukaya (English name) Andropogon virginicus L.

Japanese: メリケンカルカヤ(英語表記)Andropogon virginicus L.
American Karukaya (English name) Andropogon virginicus L.
A perennial grass found in sunny grasslands and along railway tracks. It is distributed from eastern North America and California to Mesoamerica, and was introduced into Japan around 1940-41. It grows in clumps and produces small plants. The stem is 50-90 cm tall, branches well in the upper half, and produces inflorescences in the leaf axils. The leaves are arranged in two rows, linear, about 30 cm long, and 2-5 mm wide, with sparse long hairs toward the base of the upper surface of the leaf, and the leaf sheath that surrounds the base of the stem is flattened from both sides.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
日当りのよい草地や鉄道の沿線に見られるイネ科の多年草。北アメリカ東部およびカリフォルニアからメソアメリカにかけて分布し,日本へは1940‐41年ころに入って帰化植物となった。叢生(そうせい)して小さな株を作る。茎は高さ50~90cm,上半部でよく枝分れして,葉腋(ようえき)に花序をつける。葉は2列に並び,線形,長さは30cmくらい,幅は2~5mmで,葉の表の基部に向かってまばらに長毛があり,茎の基部を包む葉鞘(ようしよう)は左右から扁平になる。

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