Sesleria caerulea (L.) Ard.

Blue moor grass (en), Seslérie blanchâtre (fr), Seslérie bleue (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Sesleria

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite evergreen herb. It grows 0.1-0.5m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) 0.2
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 6-9
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-7

Usage

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

Cultivation

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

Images

Habit

Sesleria caerulea habit picture by Sergey Shatrov (cc-by-sa)
Sesleria caerulea habit picture by Tom Schöning (cc-by-sa)
Sesleria caerulea habit picture by Emanuele Santarelli (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Sesleria caerulea leaf picture by Vráblová Veronika (cc-by-sa)
Sesleria caerulea leaf picture by Dieter Albrecht (cc-by-sa)
Sesleria caerulea leaf picture by Shoe Bean (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Sesleria caerulea flower picture by Rohweder Karsten (cc-by-sa)
Sesleria caerulea flower picture by Thomas Engst (cc-by-sa)
Sesleria caerulea flower picture by Martin Allan (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Sesleria caerulea fruit picture by Emanuele Santarelli (cc-by-sa)
Sesleria caerulea fruit picture by Emanuele Santarelli (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Sesleria caerulea world distribution map, present in Austria, Bulgaria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, and Sweden

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1005554-2
WFO ID wfo-0000898775
COL ID 4WZRY
BDTFX ID 75369
INPN ID 123071
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Cynosurus caeruleus Cynosurus rupestris Cynosurus sesleria Diptychum coeruleum Sesleria arduinoi Sesleria barcensis Sesleria cristata Sesleria uliginosa Alopecurus varius Sesleria caerulea f. chlorantha Sesleria caerulea f. cylindrica Sesleria caerulea f. micrantha Sesleria uliginosa f. chlorantha Sesleria uliginosa f. cylindrica Sesleria uliginosa f. micrantha Sesleria uliginosa f. remotiflora Sesleria uliginosa f. subscabrida Sesleria coerulans f. chlorantha Sesleria coerulans f. micrantha Sesleria varia Aira varia Sesleria calcaria Sesleria barcensis var. subscabrida Sesleria caerulea subsp. uliginosa Sesleria caerulea var. uliginosa Sesleria uliginosa var. neifficii Sesleria uliginosa var. rohlenae Sesleria caerulea f. remotiflora Sesleria caerulea subsp. uliginosa Sesleria caerulea