Poa sichotensis Prob.

Poa sichotensis is closely allied to P. alta, but is less xeromorphic. The type of P. hengshanica and other material so named match P. sichotensis.

Culms loosely tufted, 60–120 cm tall, erect, or slightly geniculate, with bluish bloom; uppermost node above middle of culm. Lower leaf sheaths scabrid; leaf blade flat or folded, uppermost 3 or more × as long as sheath, (2–)3–6(–8) mm wide; ligule 0.5–1.5 mm. Panicle narrow, 15–26 cm, branches erect; lower ones 1/3–1/2 as long as panicle, with 6–16 spikelets. Spikelets slightly silverish, 4–7 mm, florets 3–6; rachilla hairy; glumes 2.8–6 mm; lemma 2.5–5 mm, keel and marginal veins proximally sparsely pubescent for 1/3 of length, glabrous between veins; callus villose; palea keels ciliate, proximally shortly and densely pubescent between keels. Anthers ca. 1.2–2 mm. Fl. Jun–Aug. 2n = 42, 49–50, 56, 70.

Meadows among thickets in deciduous forests. Heilongjiang, Jilin [Russia (Far East)].

Poa hengshanica Keng ex L. Liu.