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The "Aze-suge" (Carex thunbergii) belongs to Cyperaceae (the Sedge family). It is a perennial herb that is native to Hokkaido and Honshu in Japan, as well as in Heilongjiang and Liaoning provinces in China.. This herb grows on rice field linches, stream banks or around bogs, and can reach 20-80 cm in height. It speads under ground by stolons and often forms clumps. The leaves are linear and tinged powdery white on abaxial sides. The 3-5 spikes are borne on the tip of flowering stalks from April to June. The 1-2 acrogyrous spikes are male and the pleurogerous spikes are female. It is called "��" (mo shang jian) in Chinese.