General:
Perennial, tufted grass from fibrous roots; stems 10-30 cm tall.

Leaves:
Sheaths open, smooth; blades flat to in-rolled, 1-2.5 mm wide; ligules rounded, usually sparsely short-hairy or rough externally, 0.8-2 mm long.

Flowers:
Inflorescence a narrow panicle, (3) 5-10 cm long, the branches few, smooth, nearly erect (rarely deflexed); spikelets 4 to 5- (6-) flowered; lower glumes about 1.5-2 mm long, the upper ones mostly 2.5 (3) mm long; rachilla joints about 1 mm long; lemmas sparsely hairy (with only a few short hairs) at the extreme base, abruptly narrowed above, about 3 (3.5) mm long; paleas nearly equal to the lemmas; lodicules barely 1 mm long; anthers (0.7) 1 (1.2) mm long.

Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

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Illustration Source:  The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Puccinellia kurilensis auct. non (Takeda) Honda p.p.