3. Elymus lachnophyllus (Ovcz. & Sidorenko) Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 61 (1972)

≡ Agropyron lachnophyllum (Ovcz. & Sidorenko) Bondarenko in Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 1: 173 (1968). ≡ Roegneria lachnophylla Ovcz. & Sidorenko in Fl. Tadzhiksk. S. S. R. 1: 505 (1957).

Type.

Tajikistan • Kussavli-Saj, in juniperetis stepposis ad 2500–2600 m. Date unknown, Ovczinnikov s. n. (holotype LE) .

Description.

Stems 60–120 cm, shortly hairy. Leaves 7–12 mm wide, flat, and short-hairy on both surfaces. Sheaths hairy. Ligule short. Spikes with closely spaced spikelets, often one-sided. Spikelets usually with 5–8 florets. Internodes of spike rough along two lateral ridges. Glumes lanceolate-oblong, intervals between veins wider than veins; apex abruptly acute. Awn of lemma straight, to 6 mm. Palea linear. Anthers 2–3 mm (Fig. 5).

Phenology.

Flowering and fruiting: June-August.

Habitat.

On rocky slopes, within Juniperus forests, in middle mountain belt, 2200–2600 m.

General distribution.

Middle Asia (Pamir-Alay: Hissar, Darvaz, Turkestan Ranges): Tajikistan, Uzbekistan.

Distribution in Uzbekistan.

Kashkadarya region (Fig. 3 B). I- 6 Western Hissar district. I- 6 - a Kashkadarya region. HISSAR RANGE (Western Pamir-Alay. Kyzyl-Darya River Basin. Karam-Kul tract. Eastern slope (40 °) in the upper reaches of the Karam-Kul River, 01. 09. 1941, Koshernikova 652 [TASH 046021!]).

Note.

Elymus lachnophyllus is given here as a new record to the flora of Uzbekistan.