Scirpus wichurai




Family Cyperaceae
Scientific name Scirpus wichurai Böckeler
Synonyms Scirpus concolor Maximovicz; Scirpus eriophorum C. B. Clarke, non Michaux; Scirpus lineatus Michaux var. lushanensis (Ohwi) T. Koyama; Scirpus lushanensis Ohwi; Scirpus wichurai Böcklr. forma concolor (Maximovicz) T. Koyama
Common name (Japanese common name) abura-gaya (アブラガヤ, 油萱 [meaning: oily thatch])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea
Habitat Swamp
Chromosomal number 2n=66
Description Plants culms 70-150cm tall. Flowers spikelets 4-8mm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants.



September 2007
at Institute for Nature Study
August 2006
at mountane swamp
August 2006
at mountane swamp



September 2007
at Institute for Nature Study
September 2007
at Institute for Nature Study



September 2007
at Institute for Nature Study
September 2007
at Institute for Nature Study
September 2006
at mountane swamp