Family | Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) |
Scientific name | Spodiopogon sibiricus Trinius |
Synonyms | Andropogon sibiricus (Trinius) Steudel; Saccharum sibiricum (Trinius) Roberty; Spodiopogon depauperatus Hackel var. purpurascens Honda; Spodiopogon sibiricus Trinius var. purpurascens (Honda) Honda; Spodiopogon sibiricus Trinius var. tenuis (Kitagawa) Kitagawa; Spodiopogon sibiricus Trinius var. tomentosus Koidzumi; Spodiopogon tenuis Kitagawa |
Common name | (Japanese common name) oh-abura-susuki [large oily silver grass] |
(English common name) frost grass, silver spikegrass | |
Distribution | (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
(Other nations) Russia, Korea, China, Mongolia | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=40 |
Description | Leaves 20-40cm long, 10-15mm wide. Culms 80-100cm tall. Flowers spikelets 4.5-5mm long, flowering in August to October. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Spodiopogon sibiricus Trin. |
Spodiopogon sibiricus Trinius |
August 2006 at mountane field |
August 2006 at mountane field |
September 2006 at mountane field |