疏穗早熟禾(原亚种) shu sui zao shu he (yuan ya zhong)

Poa bedeliensis Litvinov; P. contracta Ovczinnikov & Czukavina (1957), not Retzius (1783); P. kungeica Goloskokov; P. lipskyi var. contracta Tzvelev; P. macroanthera D. F. Cui subsp. meilitzyka D. F. Cui; P. ovczinnikovii Ikonnikov; P. pseudodisiecta Ovczinnikov.

Blades thickly papery, 1–3(–4) mm wide. Panicle open or loosely contracted, 5–15 × 3–8 cm; lemmas loosely pilulose to short villous between veins; palea keels medially pilulose. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug. 2n = 70.

Alpine meadows, gravel slopes; 2200–3600 m. Qinghai, Xinjiang, Xizang [Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan].

Poa macroanthera subsp. meilitzyka would seem to fall here, although we have not seen the type.