WorldFloraDB - Festuca coelestis

Characteristics

Culms 4–10(–12) cm tall. Leaf sheaths smooth; leaf blades rigid, 1.5–6(–10) cm, smooth, glabrous; vascular bundles 5. Panicle 1–5 cm. Spikelets 5–6 mm, green tinged purple or brownish purple; florets 3–6; glumes with margins usually ciliolate or lower glume only ciliolate on abaxial margin; lower glume narrowly lanceolate; upper glume broadly lanceolate or obovate; lemmas 3.2–4 mm, usually scabrid on upper back; awns 1–2 mm. Anthers 1–1.4 mm. Fl. and fr. May–Sep.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.04 - 0.1

Root system

rhizome

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

-

Blooming months

-

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:402566-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000870151
COL ID	6HRHY
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Festuca santyvesii Festuca ovina subsp. coelestis Festuca coelestis

WorldFloraDB 2024

Festuca coelestis (St.-yves) V.I.Krecz. & Bobr.

Species