Festuca paradoxa Desv.

Clustered fescue (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Festuca

Characteristics

Much like no. 3 [Festuca subverticillata (Pers.) E. B. Alexeev], the culms usually stouter and more tufted, and the infl more freely branched; spikelets separated by short internodes, approximate and overlapping, (3)4-5(6)-fld, 5–8 × 4–6 mm; first glume 2.4–4.2 mm, the second elliptic-oblong, 3.1–5.2 mm; lemmas turgid, obtuse, 3.6–5.2 mm, soon diverging and exposing the rachilla; palea obtuse; anthers ca 1–1.5 mm. Moist or wet open woods and prairies; Pa. and Va. to S.C., w. to Io., Okla., and Tex. (F. nutans; F. shortii)
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A grass. It grows in bunches.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5 - 1.1
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Environment

It is a temperate plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Festuca paradoxa world distribution map, present in Åland Islands, Georgia, Nicaragua, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:403232-1
WFO ID wfo-0000871547
COL ID 6HT58
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Festuca paradoxa Poa nutans Festuca shortii Gnomonia nutans Festuca nutans var. palustris Festuca nutans var. shortii