United States, Utah, Carbon, Collected 8 mi east of Soldier Summit.
2134 meters
7000 ft
On rocky soils; associated with Agropyron species and sage brush.
Plants with strong rhizomes; Glume 1 1/2-3/4 as long as second; lemmas ooccasionally awn-tipped, short-hirsute somewhat appressed pubescence on angles of rachis and margins of subulate glumes. Blades occasionally flat but moty involute, in basal tufts; culms few.