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Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult. in Schult. & Schult.f., Mant. 2:412. 1824. Bor in Towns., Guest & Al-Rawi, Fl. Iraq 9:212. 1968; Bor in Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 70:156. 197.0; Tzvelev, Poaceae URSS 146. 1976; Melderis in Tutin et al., Fl. Eur. 5:199. 1980.
Agropyron sibiricum var. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Boiss.Triticum desertorum Fisch. ex Link
Tufted perennial without rhizomes; culms 25-50 cm high, erect or curved at the base. Leaf-blades convolute, 4-12 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, rigid, scaberulous above, smooth beneath. Spike linear, 2.5-8 cm long, ± cylindrical. Spikelets ascending, imbricate; glumes lanceolate, 3-4.5 mm long, glabrous or with scattered long hairs, ± abruptly tapering at the tip, with an awn up to 3 mm long; lemma 5-6 mm long, glabrous, with an awn 1-3 mm long.
Fl. & Fr. Per.: May-June.
Type: USSR, Caucasus, Fischer (LE).
Distribution: Pakistan (Baluchistan, introduced); Caucasus eastwards to Central Asia.
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