帕米尔薹草(原亚种) pa mi er tai cao (yuan ya zhong)

Carex vesicaria Linnaeus var. pamirica O. Fedtschenko, Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 21: 432. 1903; C. dichroa Freyn subsp. pamirensis (C. B. Clarke) T. V. Egorova; C. obscuriceps Kükenthal var. pamirica (O. Fedtschenko) Kükenthal; C. pamirica (O. Fedtschenko) B. Fedtschenko, nom. superfl.

Leaf blades 5-10 mm wide. Female spikes 1.2-1.5 cm wide. Utricles stramineous, usually with brownish streaks. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug.

Alpine wetlands; 2400-3700 m. Gansu, N Sichuan, Xinjiang [Afghanistan, India (Sikkim), Kazakhstan, Russia].