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Löve (Feddes Repert. 95: 448. 1984) did not previously validly publish the combination Elymus purpurascens; see the note following the genus description above.
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Flora of China Vol. 22: 403, 417, 418 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Description

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Culms laxly tufted, erect or slightly decumbent at base, 60–90 cm tall, rigid. Leaf sheath smooth, glabrous; leaf blade involute, 11–22 × 0.3–0.6 cm, stiff, abaxial surface glabrous, adaxial surface scabrous or pubescent, margin scabrous. Spike nodding, 13–15 cm, with 8–13 spikelets. Spikelets 1 per node, purplish in part, 1.5–2.3 cm excluding awns, with 4–7 florets. Glumes oblong-lanceolate, 5–8 mm, 5-veined, scabrous, apex acute; proximal glume sometimes shorter and 3-veined. Lemma lanceolate, scabrous or hirsutulous abaxially; first lemma 9–11 mm; awn reflexed, purplish, robust, 18–28 mm, scabrous. Palea subequaling lemma, shortly ciliolate along keels distally, puberulent between keels. Fl. and fr. Jun–Jul. 2n = 28*, 42*.
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Flora of China Vol. 22: 403, 417, 418 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Habitat & Distribution

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* Mountain slopes. Gansu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Yunnan.
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Flora of China Vol. 22: 403, 417, 418 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Synonym

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Basionym: Roegneria purpurascens Keng, Acta Univ. Nankin. Sci. Nat. 1963(1): 56. 1963.
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Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA
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Flora of China Vol. 22: 403, 417, 418 in eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden. Accessed Nov 12, 2008.
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Flora of China @ eFloras.org
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Wu Zhengyi, Peter H. Raven & Hong Deyuan
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eFloras.org
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