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Avena schelliana Hackel, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 12: 419. 1892; Avenula hookeri (Scribner) Holub subsp. schelliana (Hackel) M. N. Lomonosova; A. schelliana (Hackel) W. Sauer & H. Chmelistschek; Helictotrichon schellianum (Hackel) Kitagawa.

Plant 30–80 cm tall. Panicle 5–15 cm, contracted, branches bearing up to 4 spikelets. Spikelets silvery green, sometimes tinged brownish or violet.

Hill slopes in steppe, rocky slopes, forest margins. Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia].