Deschampsia cespitosa subsp. pamirica (Roshev.) Tzvelev

Culms 30–80 cm tall. Leaf blades 2–3 mm. wide. Panicle contracted but not spikelike, narrowly elliptic or narrowly oblong in outline, erect, 6–15 cm, greenish yellow or gray-green, infrequently tinged violet-brown; branches suberect, smooth, lowest up to 5 cm. Spikelets 4.5–5 mm; glumes slightly shorter than or subequaling adjoining lemmas, apex obtuse, often lacerate; lemmas awned from slightly below middle to lower 1/4, or awnless; awn shorter than lemma. Fl. Jun–Aug.