Eriochloa villosa




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Scientific name Eriochloa villosa (Thunberg) Kunth
Synonyms Eriochloa villosa (Thunberg) Kunth var. stenantha Ohwi; Helopus villosus (Thunberg) Nees ex Steudel; Panicum tuberculiflorum Steudel; Paspalum distichum Houttuyn; Paspalum villosum Thunberg ex Murray
Common name (Japanese common name) naruko-bie [alarm bells hie (hie = Echinochloa utilis)]
(English common name) hairy cupgrass, woolly cupgrass
Distribution (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam [naturalized also in Canada and USA]
Chromosomal number 2n=54
Description Plants 40-90cm. Leaves 10-30cm length, 7-15mm width. Flowers inflorescences 3-5cm length, spikelets 4.5-5mm, flowering in July to October. Perennial plants.
Reference Eriochloa villosa (Thunb.) Kunth
Eriochloa villosa (Thunberg) Kunth
Oxa-and thia(di)azabicyclic compounds (US Patent 5712225/1998)
Method to overcome the antagonistic interactions of herbicides (US Patent 5925594/1999)
Herbicidal composition and method of weed control (US Patent 6017850/2000)
Uracil compounds and use thereof (US Patent 6403534/2002)
Uracil compounds and use thereof (US Patent 6664214/2003)
Note Recently becoming rare in Japan.



September 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park
September 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park



September 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park