Japanese name: ミノボロモドキ（簑襤褸擬） Scientific name:Rostraria cristata
[Overview]
An annual 10–30 cm tall, found along roadsides and similar places.
The stem branches at the base.
The leaves are alternate and linear, with many hairs on both surfaces and on the leaf sheath.
A cylindrical to conical flower spike 1–12 cm long at the stem tip bears dense spikelets.
The spikelets are 0.3–0.5 cm long and flattened, consisting of 3–4 florets; the spikelet stalks are short and hairless.
The glumes and lemmas of the florets are hairy, and the tip of the lemma usually forms a short, straight awn 0.1–0.3 cm long.
[History]
It was first collected in Yokohama in 1931.
