Festuca amethystina subsp. orientalis, Krajina

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1980, Flora Europaea. Volume 5. Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 139

(d) Subsp. orientalis Krajina , Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 214 (1930):

Stems 30-60 cm x 1-2- 1 mm; extravaginal non-flowering shoots numerous. Leaves O-3-O-75(-O-8) mm wide, smooth, not rigid; veins 5-7. Panicle 4-15 cm, rather lax. Spikelets 6-5-8-6 mm. Upper glume 3 -2-5-3 x 1-1-5 mm, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, rather shortly acuminate. Lemma 4-2-5-5 x 1 -6-2-4 mm, broadly ovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, glabrous or hispidulous near apex; awn 0-0-4 mm. E. & S. Carpathians; W. part of Balkan peninsula.

(ii) Sheaths without deeply infolded thin margins. Ligule without auricles; sheaths usually closed to the mouth, usually decaying into fibres.