Leymus racemosus subsp. racemosus

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 : 191

(a) Subsp. racemosus :

Stems nearly always shortly hairy below spikes. Spikes dense, with spikelets in groups of 3-5(-6) at each node of the rhachis. Glumes 1 -veined. Keels of the palea glabrous or with a few cilia in the upper part. 2« = 28. S.E. Russia. (Caucasus to C. Asia.)