Leptochloa chinensis (red sprangletop, "Azegaya")

Japanese name: アゼガヤ （畦茅）
Scientific name: Leptochloa chinensis

[Overview]
An annual 30–70 cm tall, growing in damp places such as the banks between rice paddies.
The lower part of the stem branches and creeps along the ground.
The leaves are linear, 6–15 cm long and 0.3–0.5 mm wide, and the leaf sheaths are hairless.
A conical flower spike 15–40 cm long is borne at the stem tip, with many spikelets in two rows on one side of each branch.
Each spikelet consists of 5–7 florets and is slightly tinged with reddish purple.

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