Japanese name: ヤマスズメノヒエ（山雀稗） Scientific name:Luzula multiflora
[Overview]
A perennial 20–40 cm tall, seen in mountain grasslands.
The leaves consist of basal leaves and 1–2 alternate leaves on the stem.
The basal leaves are numerous, 6–15 cm long and 0.2–0.5 cm wide; the stem leaves are linear, 5–10 cm long and 0.2–0.4 cm wide, with long white hairs on the margins.
Several head-like inflorescences are borne at the stem tip; each inflorescence has a stalk and bears several densely set flowers.
Leaf-like bracts are attached at the base of the inflorescence.
There are 6 tepals, ovate-lanceolate and brown, with white membranous margins.
The stamens are shorter than the tepals, and the anthers are about the same length as the filaments.
The fruit is a capsule, and the seeds have a white appendage (caruncle) that ants like; the seeds are carried and dispersed by ants.
The seeds are obovate, and the caruncle is about 1/2 the length of the seed.
