Description from
Flora of China
Stipa gobica Roshevitz, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada RSFSR 5: 13. 1924; S. gobica var. wulateica Y. Z. Zhao; S. sinomongholica Ohwi; S. tianschanica subsp. gobica (Roshevitz) D. F. Cui; S. wulateica (Y. Z. Zhao) Y. Z. Zhao.
Culms 10–12 cm tall. Panicle 4–7 cm. Glumes 2–2.5 cm; lemma 7.5–8.5 mm, apex smooth, without a ring of short hairs; awn 6–8 cm, column 1–1.5 cm, bristle 4–6 cm, hairs 3–5 mm. Fl. and fr. Jun–Jul.
Gravelly slopes, stony plains, dry steppes, deserts; 300–4500 m. Gansu, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang [Mongolia].
