Fimbristylis cymosa var. umbellatocapitata("Tamatentsuki")
Japanese name: タマテンツキ Scientific name:Fimbristylis cymosa var. umbellatocapitata
[Overview]
A perennial 15–40 cm tall, growing on the seashore.
It is hairless throughout.
The leaves are basal and narrow, 1.5–3 mm wide.
The leaf sheaths at the base of the stem have developed leaf blades.
At the stem tip, inflorescence branches arise in an umbel-like manner; the branches are short, and the inflorescences gather into a head.
Short leaf-like bracts are attached at the base of the inflorescence.
The spikelets are oblong, 3–5 mm long and about 2 mm wide, and tinged with rusty brown.
The stigmas are slender and branch in two.
The fruit is about 1 mm long, usually lens-shaped, and ripens to blackish brown.
