大花大油芒 da hua da you mang

Type: China. Sichuan: Barkam Xian, 2600 m, 1 Sep 1957, Li Xin 71733 (holotype, PE).

Haec varietas a S. sibirico var. sibirico spiculis majoribus 7–8 mm longis differt.

Leaf blades 10–19 cm; rachis internodes 5–7 mm; spikelets 6.5–8 mm.

* 2400–2600 m. Sichuan.

This is a local variant with larger spikelets than usual. The type specimen was labeled at varietal rank by L. Liu, but the taxon was described at specific rank, as "Spodiopogon grandiflorus L. Liu" (Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 10(2): 57. 1997), which name was not validly published because no Latin description was provided.