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 |