卡帕雀麦 ka pa que mai

Bromus tomentellus Boissier subsp. cappadocicus (Boissier & Balansa) Tzvelev.

Perennial, old basal sheaths persistent, fibrous. Culms densely tufted, slender, 25–45 cm tall. Leaf sheaths smooth, glabrous; leaf blades flat or inrolled, 4–10 cm × ca. 1.5 mm, scattered pubescent or glabrous, apex acuminate, cauline leaves short. Panicle ovate-elliptic, 5–9 cm, erect; branches 2–3 per node, slender, reflexed, nodding, each bearing 1 or 2 spikelets. Spikelets 15–25 × 3–5 mm, florets 5 or 6, green or grayish white; glumes unequal, lower glume 5–7 mm, upper glume 7–8 mm; lemmas lanceolate, 8–10 mm, pubescent, thin, awned from apex; awn 4–5(–10) mm, straight or slightly recurved; palea shorter than lemma. Anthers 2–2.5 mm. Fl. Jun–Jul. 2n = 42, 56.

Dry slopes; 1000–3200 m. Gansu [SW Asia (Caucasus, Iran, Turkey), Europe].