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Smallflower Fescue (Festuca minutiflora)

Description

HABIT Perennial. Basal innovations intravaginal. Culms slender; 10-15 cm long. Leaves mostly basal. Leaf-sheaths 2-4 cm long; smooth. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.75 mm long; obtuse. Leaf-blades involute; 1-10 cm long; 0.5 mm wide; flaccid. Panicle open; linear; 2-4 cm long. Primary panicle branches appressed.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Festuca