沟叶羊茅 gou ye yang mao

Festuca ovina Linnaeus var. sulcata Hackel, Bot. Centralbl. 8: 405. 1881; F. ovina subsp. sulcata (Hackel) Hackel; F. sulcata (Hackel) Beck; F. rupicola Heuffel.

Leaf blades green. Spikelets greenish purple or rarely tawny, 5.5–10 mm; lemmas 4.5–6 mm, smooth or upper back slightly scabrid; awn 2–3 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep.

Grassy mountain slopes, alpine meadows, rock fissures, alpine steppe; 1800–4500 m. Jilin, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shanxi, NW Sichuan, Xinjiang, Yunnan [Kazakhstan, Russia, Turkmenistan; Europe].