Festuca modesta Steud.

Said to be bad for cattle. 1700-2300m.

Plant loosely tufted or single-stemmed; shoots extravaginal. Culms 80–100 cm tall, nodes 2–3. Leaf sheaths scabrid, basal sheaths with retrorse hairs; auricles absent; leaf blades flat, (10–)15–30(–60) cm × 5–12(–15) mm, margins scabrid, veins 14–36; adaxial to abaxial sclerenchyma strands present; ligule 1.5–3(–5) mm, margin ciliolate. Panicle loose, open, erect or nodding, 18–22 cm; branches 4–11 cm, (1–)2(–3) at lowest node, lower 1/2–2/3 naked. Spikelets (7–)9–11 mm; florets (1–) 3–4; glumes glabrous or hairy; lower glume narrowly lanceolate, 2.5–3(–4) mm, apex acuminate; upper glume broadly lanceolate, 3.5–4(–5) mm, apex acute to obtuse; rachilla internodes 1.2–1.8 mm; lemmas 6.5–8.5 mm, punctiform or scabrid, 5-veined; awns absent; palea keels scaberulous. Anthers 2.5–3.5 mm. Ovary apex moderately to densely hairy. Fl. and fr. Apr–Sep.

Robust tufted perennial without rhizomes; culms 75-150 cm high, erect, stout. Leaf-blades flat, not ribbed above, up to 60 cm long, 6-23 mm wide, tapering to a rounded base; ligule 3-6(-8) mm long, without auricles. Panicle lanceolate to broadly ovate, 15-30 cm long, lax, the branches ascending or widely spreading, scabrid. Spikelets 3-5-flowered, 10-16 mm long, the florets distant and widely diverging; lower glume 3.5-4.5 mm long, 1-nerved; upper glume 4.5-5.5(-6)mm long, 3-nerved; lemmas narrowly oblong in side-view, scaberulous all over the dorsal surface and shortly asperulous below, 5-nerved, awnless; palea scabrid along the keels; anthers 3-3.5mm long; ovary densely hairy at the tip.

W. Himalaya to Nepal.

Gansu, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan [NW India, Nepal].

Distribution: Kashmir; Himalayas and Tibet.

2600 m

Fl. & Fr. Per.: April-May.

Forests, grassy mountain slopes, valleys; 1000–3600 m.

Festuca modesta là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Hòa thảo. Loài này được Steud. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1854.

素羊茅（学名：Festuca modesta），为禾本科羊茅属下的一个植物种。