Festuca kurtschumica E.B.Alexeev

Culms ca. 35 cm tall, nodes 1–2. Leaf sheaths smooth or pubescent between veins; leaf blades 5–12 cm, adaxial surface scabrid or pubescent. Panicle 2–3(–5) cm. Spikelets 5.5–6.5(–7) mm, brownish; florets 3–5; lower glume narrowly lanceolate; upper glume broadly lanceolate, ciliolate along margins; lemmas 3.5–4.5 mm, scabrid on upper back; awns (0.2–)0.8–1.5 mm. Anthers 1.5–2 mm. Fl. Jul.