Poa annua var. annua ("Suzumenokatabira")

Japanese name: スズメノカタビラ （雀の帷子）
Scientific name: Poa annua var. annua

[Overview]
An annual or biennial 10–30 cm tall, commonly found near houses.
The whole plant is soft, and the stems form clumps.
The leaves are simple and alternate, linear, 4–10 cm long and about 0.3 cm wide.
Conical inflorescences 4–5 cm long bear many pale green, ovate spikelets.
The second glume is rhomboid, and its margin appears to bend abruptly.
The hairs on the veins of the lemma are few.
The branches of the inflorescence are rather thick and smooth, and the spikelet stalks may be slightly rough.

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