普通早熟禾(原亚种) pu tong zao shu he (yuan ya zhong)

Horizontal shoots without beadlike swellings. Lemma with marginal veins glabrous or pilulose for up to 1/4 of length. Fl. and fr. May–Jul. 2n = 14, 28.

Moist places, grassy places on slopes. Hebei, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [Afghanistan, Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan; SW Asia, Europe; introduced in Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and North and South America].

This subspecies is commonly confused with Poa khasiana, a species with shorter ligules, often hairy collar margins, and scabrid palea keels.