Setaria pumila (yellow foxtail, "Kin'enokoro")

Japanese name: キンエノコロ （金狗尾草）
Scientific name: Setaria pumila

[Overview]
An annual 20–50 cm tall, found in sunny grasslands and along roadsides.
The stem branches at the base.
The leaves are lanceolate, 20–30 cm long and 0.7–1 cm wide.
An erect, cylindrical inflorescence 3–10 cm long is borne at the stem tip.
The inflorescence bears spikelets densely; its awns are long and tinged with golden yellow.
The spikelets are broadly ovate, 3 mm long, and yellowish green.

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