7a. Arthraxon hispidus var. hispidus
荩草(原变种) jin cao (yuan bian zhong)
Phalaris hispida Thunberg, Syst. Veg., ed 14, 104. 1784; Alectoridia quartiniana A. Richard; Andropogon micans (Nees) Steudel; Arthraxon ciliaris P. Beauvois; A. ciliaris var. cryp-tatherus Hackel; A. ciliaris var. hookeri Hackel; A. cryptatherus (Hackel) Koidzumi; A. cuspidatus Hochstetter ex A. Richard var. micans (Nees) Hackel; A. hispidus Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow subsp. langsdorffii (Thunberg) Tzvelev; A. hispi-dus var. cryptatherus (Hackel) Honda; A. hispidus var. muticus (Honda) Ohwi; A. hookeri (Hackel) Henrard; A. langsdorffii (Trinius) Hochstetter ex Roshevitz; A. micans (Nees) Hochstetter; A. okamotoi Ohwi; A. pauciflorus Honda; A. pauciflorus var. muticus Honda; A. quartinianus (A. Richard) Nash; Batra-therum micans Nees; Digitaria hispida (Thunberg) Sprengel; Lasiolytrum hispidum (Thunberg) Steudel; Pleuroplitis langs-dorffii Trinius; P. langsdorffii var. chinensis Regel.
Leaf blades ovate, glabrous or abaxial surface occasionally puberulous, lower 1/3 of margins pectinate with tubercle-based bristle; awn variable, well developed or reduced. Fl. and fr. Sep–Nov.
Streamsides, damp meadows, among crops, other moist places; 100–2300 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Nepal, New Guinea, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia (Far East), Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Thailand, Uzbekistan; Africa, SW Asia (Caucasus, Oman), Australia].