| 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 |