| 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 |