Neanotis hirsuta var. hirsuta ("Hashikagusa")

Japanese name: ハシカグサ
Scientific name: Neanotis hirsuta var. hirsuta

[Overview]
An annual found in the shade of trees in hills and fields and along roadsides.
The stems branch and creep along the ground, growing 20–40 cm long.
The leaves are simple and opposite, ovate, 1.5–6 cm long and 0.5–2 cm wide.
The leaves are soft, with short hairs sparsely growing on both surfaces.
The stipules are semicircular and divided into 3–5 comb-tooth-like lobes.
One to several white flowers about 2 mm across bloom in the leaf axils.
The corolla is 4-lobed.
The fruit is a spherical capsule 3–4 mm across.

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