Japanese name: コツブキンエノコロ（小粒金狗尾、小粒金狗子） Scientific name:Setaria pallidefusca
[Overview]
An annual 20–50 cm tall, found in sunny grasslands and along roadsides.
The stem branches at the base.
The leaves are linear to lanceolate, 15–40 cm long and 0.3–0.7 cm wide.
The leaves have long hairs only on the margin at the base; the upper surface is slightly rough and the underside is somewhat glossy.
The ligule has a row of short hairs.
An erect, cylindrical inflorescence 1.5–15 cm long is borne at the stem tip.
The inflorescence bears spikelets densely; its awns are long and pale yellowish brown or purplish brown, sometimes tinged with golden yellow.
The spikelets are oblong, 2–2.8 mm long, and pale green.
