Japanese name: ハナクサキビ（花草黍） Scientific name:Panicum capillare
[Overview]
An annual 20–80 cm tall, found along roadsides, in wasteland and similar places.
The culm (stem) branches at the base.
The leaves are alternate and linear, 6–20 cm long, hairy on both sides, and the ligule is short with hairs on its margin.
The leaf sheaths are densely covered with long hairs, and the bases of the hairs are swollen.
The base of the flower spike is often enclosed by the leaf sheath, and the spike forms a large panicle occupying 1/3–1/2 of the plant's height, with ascending branches.
The spikelets are sparse, pointed at the tip, and hairless.
The first glume is 2/5–1/2 the length of the spikelet.
The lemma of the second floret is glossy.
[History]
It was confirmed in Gunma in 1955 and has become naturalized throughout the country.
