festuca

[ fe-stoo-kuh, -styoo- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any grass of the genus Festuca, chiefly characterized by tufted blades and spikelets, comprising the fescues.

Origin of festuca¹

< New Latin (Linnaeus), Latin; fescue

In Festuca ovina the ears are short, stiff, and erect (Fig. 13).

Bromus giganteus has leaves glabrous and very like Festuca elatior.

Festuca elatior is easily confused with the glabrous Bromes.

The fescue (Festuca ovina), a little fern (Woodsia), and a saussurea ascend very near the summit.

Alopecurus pratensis has more depressed, flatter and broader ridges than Festuca, and a longer ligule, and lacks the pointed ears.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

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