Festuca violacea Ser. ex Gaudin

Fétuque violette (fr), Fétuque violacée (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Festuca

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.15-0.375m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread epizoochory
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.38
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

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 -

Images

Festuca violacea unspecified picture

Distribution

Festuca violacea world distribution map, present in Switzerland, France, Greece, and Italy

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:403718-1
WFO ID wfo-0000872535
COL ID 6HTGW
BDTFX ID 27789
INPN ID 98607
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Festuca melanopsis Festuca subracemosa Festuca violacea Sclerochloa poiformis Schedonorus auratus Schedonorus violaceus Festuca nigricans Festuca violacea f. aureo-flava Poa aurata Festuca aurata Festuca flaccida var. aureoflava Festuca rubra subsp. violacea Festuca rubra var. nigricans Festuca violacea subsp. atrata Festuca violacea subsp. nigricans Festuca violacea var. subracemosa Festuca rubra var. violacea

Lower taxons

Festuca violacea subsp. macrathera Festuca violacea subsp. italica Festuca violacea subsp. handelii Festuca violacea subsp. violacea