Vasilis Teodoridis:
Poaceae | Miscanthus
5. Miscanthus sinensis Andersson; Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 12: 166. 1855.
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Miscanthus condensatus Hackel; M. flavidus Honda; M. kanehirae Honda; M. purpurascens Andersson; M. sinensis subsp. purpurascens (Andersson) Tzvelev; M. sinensis var. condensatus (Hackel) Makino; M. sinensis var. purpurascens (Andersson) Matsumura; M. transmorrisonensis Hayata.
Plant tufted or shortly rhizomatous. Culms (30–)80–200 (–400) cm tall; 3–10 mm in diam.; solid; unbranched; nodes glabrous or puberulous. Leaves basal and cauline; leaf sheaths glabrous or pilose; leaf blades linear; flat; 18–75 x 0.3–2(–4) cm; glabrous; glaucous or pilose; midrib prominent; margins scabrid or smooth; base tapering or broad and rounded; apex acuminate; ligule 0.5–4 mm; ciliolate. Panicle (10–)20–36 cm; axis 6–16 cm; subglabrous to pilose or puberulous. Racemes (4–)10–40(–100); (8–)10–30 cm; rachis internodes glabrous; scaberulous or smooth; nodes glabrous; lower pedicel 0.5–1.5 mm; upper pedicel 1.5–4 mm. Spikelets 4–6.5 mm; pilose or glabrous; awned; callus hairs 5–8 mm; exceeding the spikelet; glumes subequal; membranous; 4–6.5 mm; 5-veined; back glabrous or pilose; puberulous at apex and along upper margins; apex acuminate; lower lemma lanceolate; hyaline; 3.5–4 mm; veinless; apex and margins puberulous; otherwise glabrous; upper lemma similar to lower; 2.5–3.5 mm; awn geniculate; 4–12 mm; upper palea a 1–2 mm scale. Anthers 3; ca. 2.5 mm. Caryopsis ellipsoid; ca. 2 mm.
Mountain slopes; coasts; disturbed places; below 2000 m. Anhui; Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Guizhou; Hainan; Hebei; Hubei; Jiangsu; Jiangxi; Jilin; Shaanxi; Shandong; Sichuan; Taiwan; Yunnan; Zhejiang [Japan; Korea].