Puccinellia ladakhensis (H. Hartmann) Dickore

Perennial, loosely tufted, old basal sheaths lacerate to fibrous. Culms geniculately ascending, 8–20 cm tall, 3- or 4-noded. Ligule ca. 1 mm; leaf blades 2–5 cm, 0.2–0.5 mm wide. Panicle contracted, 5–10 × 1–2 cm; branches 2–3(–5) cm, lower 1/2 naked, smooth. Spikelets 5–6 mm, purple tinged, florets 3 or 4; lower glume 1.5–1.8 mm, upper glume ca. 2.5 mm; lemmas 3.2–3.5 mm, glabrous, keeled toward apex, apex acuminate; palea keels glabrous, apex mucronate; anthers 1.2–1.6 mm. Fl. May–Jul.

Saline shores of rivers and lakes. Xizang [Kashmir, Nepal].

Poa ladakhensis H. Hartmann, Candollea 39: 510. 1984.