多变早熟禾 duo bian zao shu he

Basionym: Poa varia Keng ex L. Liu, Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 9(2): 404. 2002.

Culms tufted, 30–40 cm tall, erect or geniculately ascending, scabrid, nodes 2–3(–4), uppermost to 1/6 way up culm. Leaf sheath scabrid, longer than internode; blade narrow, 1–1.5 mm wide, both surfaces scabrid; ligule 4–7 mm. Panicle 5–10 × 2–5 cm, branches 2–5 per node, spikelets in distal 1/2, dense. Spikelets 4–5 mm; rachilla warty or glabrous; lemma 3–3.5 mm, slightly yellowish bronze below, keel shortly villous for 1/2 length, marginal veins for 1/3; callus sparsely villous; palea glabrous between keels. Anthers ca. 1.5 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun–Aug.

* Grassy places on slopes; 2500–3000 m. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan.