Leymus karelinii, (Turcz.) Tzvelev

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

3. L. karelinii (Turcz.) Tzvelev , op. cit. 9: 59 (1972)

( Aneurolepidium angustum (Trin.) Nevski pro parte, A. karelinii (Turcz.) Nevski , quoad nom.).

Perennial with shortly creeping rhizomes, forming small tufts. Stems 50-100 cm, scabrid below the spikes, otherwise glabrous. Leaves up to 6 mm wide, flat, with convolute margins, scabrid above, glabrous beneath. Spikes 10-20 cm x 5- 10 mm, linear, fairly dense; rhachis with appressed, rigid, short hairs. Spikelets 12-15 mm, with 2-3 florets, in groups of 2-3. Glumes 10-15 mm, narrowly lanceolate below, the lower with its basal part enfolding that of the upper, acuminate-subulate above, obscurely 2- to 3-veined, scabrid on the back, spinoseciliate on margins. Lemma 10-15 mm, with short appressed hairs, tapering into a short awn-like point. Keels of the palea spinose-ciliate in the upper part. 2n = 56. Saline meadows and river-gravels. S. Ural and adjacent lowlands. Rs (C, E). (Siberia, C. Asia.)