Fimbristylis dichotoma subsp. dichotoma var. tentsuki ("Tentsuki")

Japanese name: テンツキ （天衝、点突）
Scientific name: Fimbristylis dichotoma subsp. dichotoma var. tentsuki

[Overview]
An annual 15–50 cm tall, found in damp places such as the banks between rice paddies.
It is hairy throughout.
The leaves are basal and narrow, 1.5–5 mm wide.
The leaf sheaths at the base of the stem are hairy.
Leaf-like bracts are borne at the stem tip, and spikelets are borne at the ends of inflorescence branches that divide two or three times.
The spikelets are narrowly ovate, 5–8 mm long and 2.5–3 mm wide, and glossy reddish brown.
The fruit is broadly obovate, 0.8–1.2 mm long, with a lattice-like pattern on the surface.

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