Japanese name: ハイヌメリグサ（這い滑り草） Scientific name:Sacciolepis spicata var. spicata
[Overview]
An annual found in sunny, moist places such as wetlands and rice paddy banks, and considered a prehistoric naturalized plant.
The lower part of the stem creeps along the ground, rooting at the nodes and branching, and the upper part rises to a height of 10–40 cm.
The leaves are alternate, linear, soft and hairless, 4–10 cm long and 0.2–0.4 cm wide.
At the stem tip, a pale green cylindrical flower spike 1–6 cm long and 0.4–0.6 cm in diameter stands erect, densely bearing many spikelets.
The spikelets are long-ovate and swell on the back side as they mature; they consist of 2 florets, but the first floret is reduced.
The glumes are membranous with many veins.
[Notes]
The name derives from the fact that the plant becomes slimy when rubbed.
