Phalaris arundinacea




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily Pooideae
Tribe Aveneae
Scientific name Phalaris arundinacea L.
Synonyms Baldingera arundinacea (L.) Dumortier; Baldingera arundinacea (L.) Dumortier var. picta (L.) Petermann, non Nyman; Baldingera arundinacea (L.) Dumortier var. variegata Cosson and Germain; Baldingera colorata (Aiton) G. Gärtner, B. Meyer Scherbius; Calamagrostis colorata (Aiton) Sibthorp; Digraphis americana Elliott; Digraphis arundinacea (L.) Trinius; Digraphis arundinacea (L.) Trinius forma coarctata Prahl; Digraphis arundinacea (L.) Trinius var. picta (L.) Pacher; Endallex arundinacea Rafinesque; Phalaroides arundinacea (L.) Rauschert; Phalaris arundinacea L. forma coarctata (Prahl) Junge; Phalaris arundinacea L. forma luteo-picta Voss; Phalaris arundinacea L. forma minor Jansen & Wachter; Phalaris arundinacea L. forma pallens Stebler ex Hegi; Phalaris arundinacea L. forma pallida Schwarz; Phalaris arundinacea L. forma picta (L.) Ascherson & Graebner; Phalaris arundinacea L. forma ramifera Junge; Phalaris arundinacea L. forma ramosa Gaudin; Phalaris arundinacea L. subsp. picta (L.) Arcang; Phalaris arundinacea L. forma variegata (Parnell) Druce; Phalaris arundinacea L. var. colorata Hartman; Phalaris arundinacea L. var. japonica (Steudel) Hackel; Phalaris arundinacea L. var. picta L.; Phalaris japonica Steudel; Phalaris picta (L.) Sloboda; Phalaroides arundinacea (L.) Rauschert subsp. japonica (Steudel) Tzvelev; Phalaroides arundinacea (L.) Rauschert var. picta (L.) Tzvelev; Phalaroides japonica (Steudel) Czerep; Typhoides arundinacea (L.) Moench; Typhoides arundinacea (L.) Moench forma coarctata (Prahl) Soó
Common name (Japanese common name) kusa-yoshi (クサヨシ, 草葦 [meaning: herbal reed])
(English common name) gardener's-garters, reed Canary grass, ribbon grass, variegated grass
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Northern hemisphere
Habitat Wet field, swamp, riverside
Chromosomal number 2n=14, 28, 27-31, 35, 42
Description Leaves 7-10mm wide. Culms 60-150cm tall. Flowers inflorescences 7-18cm long, spikelets 5mm long, flowering in May to June. Perennial plants.
Reference Phalaris arundinacea L.
Phalaris arundinacea Linnaeus
Phalaris arundinacea L.



May 2007
at lowland swamp
May 2007
at lowland swamp
May 2007
at lowland swamp



May 2007
at lowland swamp
May 2007
at lowland swamp