Family | Cyperaceae |
Scientific name | Schoenoplectus juncoides (Roxburgh) Palla subsp. hotarui (Ohwi) T. Koyama |
Synonyms | Scirpus hotarui (Ohwi) Holub; Scirpus juncoides Roxburgh subsp. hotarui (Ohwi) T. Koyama; Scirpus juncoides Roxburgh var. hotarui (Ohwi) Ohwi |
Common name | (Japanese common name) hotaru-i (ホタルイ, 蛍藺 [meaning: glowfly rush]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) Korea, China | |
Habitat | Swamp |
Chromosomal number | 2n=74 |
Description | Plants culms 13-40cm tall. Flowers spikelets 6-14mm long, 3 stigmas, flowering in July to October. Annual plants. |
Reference | Schoenoplectus purshianus (Fernald) M. T. Strong |
Note | Relatively rare. |
September 2006 at lowland swamp |
September 2006 at lowland swamp |
September 2006 at lowland swamp |