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Festuca ovina L. ssp. ovina

HIGHER TAXON: Gramineae

GENUS: Festuca L.

Festuca ovina L. ssp. ovina [1]
  
PLACES: -
  Europe
    England (N) [1]; Wales (N) [1]
  
HABITATS:
  Europe
    Chalk grassland
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Chromosome number (2n=): 14 [1]
  Data reviewed?: not reviewed [1]
  Flower colour: green [1], purple [1]
  Habit: Herb [1]
  Life form (Raunkier): Hemicryptophyte - semirosette [1]
  Lifespan: perennial [1]
  Month of flowering: may [1], june [1]
  Native: Native [1]
  Poisonous: no [1]
  Pollinating agent: wind [1]
  Present in my garden: yes [1]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1], Illustration [13]
  
USES: -
  
VERNACULAR:
Sheep's Fescue [1]
  
NOTES:
  lemma shortly awned [1]
  spikelets 4-7mm of 3-5 florets [1]

DATA SOURCES:

1.

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

13.

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

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