Festuca rubra subsp. commutata Gaudin

Fétuque noircissante (fr), Fétuque noirâtre (fr)

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Festuca > Festuca rubra

Characteristics

Caespitose, rhizomes not formed but aerial stems with few short internodes; culms » leaves; panicle 10-30 cm, widely branched, branches naked below; spikelets 9-12 mm; anthers usually 3 mm.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 12 - 21
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Festuca rubra subsp. commutata world distribution map, present in Canada and New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60442267-2
WFO ID wfo-0000871886
COL ID -
BDTFX ID 27533
INPN ID 134612
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Festuca rubra subsp. commutata Festuca nigrescens subsp. nigrescens