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Festuca ovina L.

HIGHER TAXON: Gramineae

GENUS: Festuca L.

Festuca ovina L. [1,3]
  
PLACES: -
  Europe
    England (N) [3], Derbyshire [3], Essex [3], Kent [3]
    Yorkshire [3]; France (N) [3]; Germany (N) [3]
    Ireland (N) [13]; Scotland (N) [13]; Wales (N) [13]
  
HABITATS:
  Europe
    Chalk grassland [3], Heathland [3], Mountain grassland [3]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 14 [1]
  Data reviewed?: not reviewed
  Flower colour: green [1], purple [1]
  Habit: Herb [1]
  Hairiness: Hairless [1]
  Height: 10-20cm [1], 20-50cm [1]
  Life form (Raunkier): Hemicryptophyte - semirosette [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [1]
  Month of flowering: may [1], june [1], july [1]
  Native: Native [1]
  Present in my garden: yes [1]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]
  
USES: -
  
VERNACULAR:
Sheep's Fescue [1,13]
  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

1.

  Clapham AR Tutin TG Warburg EF,1962
    Flora of the British Isles Second Edition

3.

  Hubbard C.E,1974
    Grasses

13.

  Rose,F.,1981
    The Wild Flower Key, Warne.

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