帕米尔羊茅 pa mi er yang mao

Festuca alaica Drobow subsp. pamirica (Tzvelev)Tzvelev.

Plant densely tufted, base with brown old sheaths. Culms 10–20(–34) cm. Leaf sheaths smooth; leaf blades 6–14 × ca. 0.1 cm, scabrid. Panicle 3–5 cm; branches 0.5–1 cm, scabrid. Spikelets (6.5–)8.7–10 mm, brown; florets 3–5(–7); glumes smooth, usually ciliolate along margins, apex mucronate; lower glume lanceolate; upper glume lanceolate-ovate; lemmas 4–5 mm, scabrid on upper back; awns 0.6–1 mm. Anthers 1.8–2 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep.

Alpine grassy slopes; ca. 3200 m. Xinjiang, NW Yunnan[Tajikistan (Pamirs)].