This species is common in East Nepal, Sikkim, and West Bengal and extends into western Bhutan. It occurs from 1,800m to about 3,000m. It is similar to Y. pantlingii of eastern Bhutan, but it seems to be smaller, and does not have a ring of long hairs at the culm sheath base, and has fewer shorter bristles at the top of the leaf sheaths. The solid rhizome necks, and lack of a clear thickened band on one leaf edge can distinguish it from Y. microphylla. The culms are also much rougher, with long clearly visible bristles below the nodes of new shoots. In Chhukha district it has more hairs at the base of the culm sheath, has finely grooved culms, and has fewer, shorter bristles on the culm
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