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(First upload on December 13 2011. Last on August 20 2025) [ 日本語 | English ]

Pennisetum Rich. (チカラシバ) Chikarashiba (チカラシバ, 力芝), dwarf fountain grass Lifeform: weedy perennial grass Distribution: eastern Asia, including Japan (south to southwestern Hokkaido) Habitat: grasslands - bare grounds Flower spike: blackish purple Seed dispersal: animal

Synonyms Pennisetum alopecuroides (L.) Spreng. f. purpurascens (Thunb.) Ohwi, discarded f. anacanthum Hayashi (ボウズチカラシバ), without involucral bristles f. erythrochaetum (Ohwi) Ohwi (ベニチカラシバ), flower spike = reddish purple - dark reddish f. viridescens (Miq.) Ohwi (アオチカラシバ), flower spike = blackish purple

Pennisetum alopecuroides in Hokkaido

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[1-4] in Yodogawa Riverside Park, Osaka, on October 29 2011. [5] on a bank along Sophia Street, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, on October 19 2018. [6] in Jindai Botanical Gardens, Chofu, central Japan, on July 30 2025.