Imperata cylindrica var. cylindrica(lalang, "Kenashichigaya")
Japanese name: ケナシチガヤ（毛無茅、毛無茅萱） Scientific name:Imperata cylindrica var. cylindrica
[Overview]
A perennial 30–80 cm tall, growing in colonies in sunny places and tending to prefer wetlands.
The rhizome is slender and creeps sideways.
The slender stems are erect, and the nodes are hairless.
The leaves are linear, 20–50 cm long and 7–12 mm wide.
A cylindrical inflorescence 10–20 cm long forms at the stem tip.
The inflorescence is covered with long white hairs, and spikelets 4 mm long are densely borne in pairs.
The bases of the spikelets and the glumes have hairs.
The stigmas are large and a conspicuous blackish purple.
[Cultivation]
Propagate by division or from seed.
There is nothing special to watch for as long as the site is sunny and well drained.
