Cynosurus echinatus




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Scientific name Cynosurus echinatus L.
Synonyms Falona echinata (L.) Dumortier; Phalona echinata (L.) Dumortier
Common name (Japanese common name) hige-gaya [hairy sedge]
(English common name) bristly dogstail grass
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu
(Other nations) [native] Russia, India, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Cyprus, Moldova, Ukraine, Romania, Albania, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Chromosomal number 2n=14
Description Culms 10-100cm tall. Leaves 5-20cm long, 3-10mm wide. Flowers inflorescences 1-8cm long, 1-2cm wide, spikelets 6-14mm long, flowering in May to July. Annual plants.
Reference Cynosurus echinatus L.
Cynosurus echinatus L.
Cynosurus echinatus L.
Cropping systems for managing weeds (WIPO Patent WO/2008/051633)
Note Naturalized plants (first collected in 1957)



June 2008
at seaside pine forest
June 2008
at seaside pine forest
June 2008
at seaside pine forest



June 2008
at seaside pine forest