Agropyron mongolicum Keng

Culms tufted, erect or geniculate at base, 20–60 cm tall, 2- or 3(–6)-noded. Leaf sheath glabrous; ligule apex truncate; leaf blade involute, 5–15 × 0.2–0.3 cm, glabrous or prickly hairy along veins. Spike linear, moderately lax, 3–9(–12) × 0.4–0.6 cm; rachis glabrous or puberulent; internodes 3–5(–10) mm. Spikelets 8–14(–19) × 3–5 mm, with (2 or)3–8 florets; rachilla glabrous or puberulent; internodes 3–5(–10) mm. Glumes oblique, 3–5-veined, apex with point ca. 1 mm or awn ca. 2 mm; proximal glume 3–6 mm; distal glume 4–6 mm. Lemma 5-veined, glabrous, laxly puberulent, or densely villous, apex pointed; first lemma 5–8 mm. Palea shorter than or equaling lemma, shortly ciliate along keels. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.

* Dry steppes, sandy places. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang.

Agropyron mongolicum là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được Keng mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1938.

沙芦草（学名：Agropyron mongolicum Keng）是一种禾本科植物。这种植物分布于中国蒙古、山西、宁夏、陕西、甘肃及新疆等省区；此外，欧洲、苏联中亚和蒙古均有。