Japanese name: ヌカキビ（糠黍） Scientific name:Panicum bisulcatum
[Overview]
An annual 0.3–1.2 m tall, found in damp grasslands, thickets and similar places.
The whole plant is hairless and soft.
The culm (stem) branches freely.
The leaves are alternate and linear, 5–20 cm long, and the ligule is hairless.
The flower spike is ovate-round, 15–30 cm in both length and width, with slender branches produced sparsely and branching freely.
The spikelets are elliptic, 2–2.6 mm long, and sometimes tinged with purple.
The first glume is triangular, and the lemma and palea of the second floret are glossy.
[Notes]
The Japanese name derives from its resemblance to Kibi (millet), with smaller spikelets.
