Microstegium vimineum




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Scientific name Microstegium vimineum (Trinius) A. Camus
Synonyms Andropogon vimineus Trinius; Arthraxon nodosus Komarov; Eulalia cantonensis (Rendle) Hitchcock; Eulalia viminea (Trinius) Kuntze; Eulalia viminea (Trinius) Kuntze var. imberbis (Nees von Esenbeck ex Steudel) Kuntze; Eulalia viminea (Trinius) Kuntze var. polystachya (Franchet & Savatier) T. Koyama; Eulalia viminea (Trinius) Kuntze var. variabilis Kuntze; Microstegium aristulatum Robyns & Tournay; Microstegium cantonense (Rendle) A. Camus; Microstegium dilatatum Koidzumi; Microstegium imberbe (Nees von Esenbeck ex Steudel) Tzvelev; Microstegium nodosum (Komarov) Tzvelev; Microstegium vimineum (Trinius) A. Camus forma polystachyum (Franchet & Savatier) Hiyama; Microstegium vimineum (Trinius) A. Camus subsp. nodosum (Komarov) Tzvelev; Microstegium vimineum (Trinius) A. Camus var. imberbe (Nees von Esenbeck ex Steudel) Honda; Microstegium vimineum (Trinius) A. Camus var. polystachyum (Franchet & Savatier) Ohwi; Microstegium vimineum (Trinius) A. Camus var. willdenovianum (Nees von Esenbeck) A. Camus; Microstegium willdenovianum Nees von Esenbeck; Pollinia cantonensis Rendle; Pollinia imberbis Nees von Esenbeck ex Steudel; Pollinia imberbis Nees von Esenbeck ex Steudel var. genuina Hackel; Pollinia imberbis Nees von Esenbeck ex Steudel var. willdenoviana (Nees von Esenbeck) Hackel; Pollinia viminea (Trinius) Merrill; Pollinia willdenoviana (Nees von Esenbeck) Bentham
Common name (Japanese common name) ashi-boso [slim foot]
(English common name) Nepal grass, Nepalese browntop, Asian stilt grass, Japanese stilt grass, Vietnamese stilt grass
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu
(Other nations) Rusia (Far East), Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, India
Chromosomal number 2n=40
Description Plants 40-100cm. Leaves 4-10m length, 0.8-1.5cm width. Flowers inflorescences 5-7cm, spikelets 4-6mm, flowering in September to October. Annual plants.
Reference Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus
Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus
Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A.Camus
Microstegium vimineum (Trinius) A. Camus



October 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
October 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
October 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



October 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
October 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
October 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



October 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden