新麦草(原变种) xin mai cao (yuan bian zhong)

Elymus junceus Fischer, Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 1: 25. 1811; E. junceus var. villosus Drobow.

Culms below spike smooth and glabrous, or scabrous. Anthers yellow. Fl. and fr. May–Sep. 2n = 14.

Stony or pebbly calcareous or schistose mountain slopes, steppes, roadsides, or as a field weed; below 5500 m. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Xinjiang [Kazakhstan, Russia (Siberia); cultivated in North America].