芒(艹恰)草(原亚种) mang qia cao (yuan ya zhong)

Koeleria enodis Keng; K. hosseana Domin; K. hosseana var. tafelii Domin; K. litvinowii var. tafelii (Domin) P. C. Kuo & Z. L. Wu; Trisetum litvinowii (Domin) Nevski.

Perennial forming small dense tussocks. Culms tinged purple, tomentose below panicle. Leaf sheaths densely pubescent. Panicle grayish violet. Lemma apex acute.

Grassy or stony mountain slopes, alpine meadows; 3000–5200 m. Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan [E Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan (Pamirs)].

This subspecies tends to have a more northwestern distribution than subsp. argentea.