It is five or six feet high with slender branches, glossy foliage, and abundance of blue flowers in close, showy panicles.

它有五六英尺高， 树枝细长，叶子光滑，圆锥麻麻， 开满蓝色朵。

The most influential of the grasses composing the sod is a delicate calamagrostis with fine filiform leaves, and loose, airy panicles that seem to float above the flowery lawn like a purple mist.

构成草皮的最有力的草是一种精致的 calamagrostis，它有细的丝状叶子和松散、通风的圆锥，它们似乎像紫色的雾气一样漂浮在繁似锦的草坪上。