Japanese name: ヒエガエリ（稗還） Scientific name:Polypogon fugax
[Overview]
An annual 30–60 cm tall, commonly found on sunny roadsides and in grasslands.
The stems and leaves are soft.
The leaves are simple, borne at each node of the stem, linear, 5–15 cm long and 0.4–0.8 cm wide, and whitish green.
A panicle at the stem tip densely bears many spikelets about 2 mm long, each consisting of 1 floret.
The notch at the tip of the glume is shallow, and the awn is short.
The base of the spikelet has a short stalk, and when ripe the spikelet falls together with the stalk.
[Notes]
The Japanese name "Hie-gaeri" (稗還り) is said to have been given because the plant was thought to have changed from hie (barnyard millet).
