Japan Flora: Panicles slightly narrower, with slightly shorter bristles; spikelets pale green, 2-2.8 mm. long; brisdes brown to purplish brown, rarely golden-yellow or white. Aug.-Oct. Waste grounds and cultivated fields in lowlands.
Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu; common and more variable than the preceding. Warmer parts of Africa, Asia, and Northern Australia