Summary
Place of publication:
Hist. pl. Dauphiné 2:99. 1787
Verified:
03/11/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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.
2025. 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 12 February 2025.