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 |