Festuca amethystina L.

Fétuque améthyste (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Festuca

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.5-1m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 2-6
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 5-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

Uses animal food environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 28
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Festuca amethystina world distribution map, present in Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Turks and Caicos Islands, and Ukraine

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:402336-1
WFO ID wfo-0000869744
COL ID 6HS2M
BDTFX ID 75131
INPN ID 98060
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Festuca caerulans Festuca amethystina Festuca valesiaca Poa capillata Festuca ritschlii Festuca amethystina f. subglabra Festuca austriaca Festuca balansae Festuca mutica Festuca amethystina subsp. kummeri Festuca amethystina subsp. ritschlii Festuca amethystina var. kummeri Festuca amethystina var. ritschlii Festuca amethystina var. turcica Festuca ovina subsp. capillata Festuca ovina var. capillata Festuca violacea var. mutica Festuca amethystina subsp. inarmata Festuca amethystina var. austriaca

Lower taxons

Festuca amethystina subsp. orientalis Festuca amethystina var. dijimilensis Festuca amethystina subsp. amethystina