Carex parciflora var. macroglossa ("Kojuzusuge")

Japanese name: コジュズスゲ （小数珠菅）
Scientific name: Carex parciflora var. macroglossa

[Overview]
A soft perennial 15–30 cm tall, found in damp grasslands, on paddy ridges, and in fallow rice fields.
It has a short rhizome.
The stem is smooth, with a pale-colored sheath at the base.
The leaves are flat, linear, 0.2–1 cm wide, and powdery green.
Spikelets are borne at the stem tip, set apart from one another.
The terminal spikelet is male, linear, pale green, 1–1.5 cm long, and almost stalkless.
The lateral spikelets are female, 1–4 in number, oblong, 1–1.5 cm long, made up of several perigynia, with short stalks, and erect.
The perigynia are long ovate, about 4–5 mm long, rarely 8 mm, hairless, with fine veins, and the upper end gradually becomes a long beak.

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