华高野青茅 hua gao ye qing mao

Calamagrostis sinelatior (Keng) P. C. Kuo & S. L. Lu ex J. L. Yang.

Perennial, densely tufted. Culms erect, 1.3–1.8 m tall, 2–5 mm in diam., scabrid below panicle, otherwise smooth, 3–5-noded. Leaf sheaths smooth or rarely scabrid; leaf blades linear, 10–60 cm, 8–12 mm wide, adaxial surface puberulous, abaxial surface scabrid; ligule oblong-elliptic, 4–20 mm, apex lacerate. Panicle open, 22–35 × 6–18 cm; branches in whorls of 3–5, spreading or ascending, scabrid, lower 1/4–1/2 bare. Spikelets 4–6 mm, yellowish or purplish green; glumes subequal or upper glume shorter than lower, lower glume 1-veined, scabrid along vein, apex acuminate, upper glume 3-veined, scabrid along upper part of veins, apex obtuse; callus hairs 2/3–3/4 length of lemma; lemma 3.5–4 mm, apex obtuse, denticulate; awn sub-basal, ca. 5 mm, geniculate with twisted column; palea subequal to or slightly shorter than lemma; rachilla ca. 1 mm, including hairs up to 4 mm. Anthers ca. 2 mm. Fl. Aug–Sep.

* Forests, forest margins; 1000–3200 m. Henan, Shaanxi, Sichuan.