Festuca glauca Vill. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Festuca glauca Vill.

Summary

Genus:

Festuca

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Poeae

Subtribe:

Loliinae

Nomen number:

16660

Place of publication:

Hist. pl. Dauphiné 2:99. 1787

Verified:

03/11/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Festuca ovina L. var. glauca (Vill.) W. D. J. Koch

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Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
Wilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1991. A new taxonomic treatment of the Festuca ovina aggregate (Poaceae) in the British Isles. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 106:390-393.

Common names

English
blue fescue –
gray fescue –
Swedish
blåsvingel –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Europe	Southwestern Europe	France
2	Cultivated

Native
Europe

SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Wilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1991. A new taxonomic treatment of the Festuca ovina aggregate (Poaceae) in the British Isles. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 106:390-393.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=16660. Accessed 27 June 2026.