阿尔泰旱禾(原亚种) a er tai han he (yuan ya zhong)

Aira altaica Trinius, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2:526. 1835; Catabrosella songarica (Schrenk) Czerepanov; Eremopoa altaica (Trinius) Roshevitz; E. altaica subsp. songarica (Schrenk) Tzvelev; E. persica (Trinius) Roshevitz var. songarica (Schrenk) Bor; E. songarica (Schrenk) Roshevitz; Glyceria songarica Schrenk; Nephelochloa altaica (Trinius) Grisebach; N. songarica (Schrenk) Grisebach; Poa persica Trinius var. songarica (Schrenk) Stapf; P. songarica (Schrenk) Boissier.

Lemmas glabrous or scantily hairy near base of veins. Anthers 0.4–0.6 mm.

Borders of streams and drying ponds, stony slopes; 1300–4000 m. Xinjiang, Xizang [Afghanistan, NW India, Kashmir, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; SW Asia].