Hakonechloa Plant. Hakonechloa macra, with the common names hakone grass and japanese forest grass, is the only species in the monotypic genus. Selected as the 2009 perennial plant of the year.

Statistics are at the end of the page. Hakone from which both its genus name and common name are derived. One of the most gorgeous of ornamental grasses, also one of the few that prefers shady sites.