Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. env. Paris ed. 2:50. 1799
Comment:
- non Festuca longifolia auct. pl. (= F. brevipila R. Tracey - "hard fescue")
- non Festuca longifolia auct. nonn. (= F. lemanii T. Bastard)
Verified:
12/18/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
- Wilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1988. The taxonomic relationships and typification of Festuca brevipila Tracey and F. lemanii Bastard (Poaceae). Watsonia 17:289.
- 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. 106:387.
Common names
English
blue fescue –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Northern Europe | United Kingdom | England | |
| 1 | Native | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | |
Native
Europe
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NORTHERN EUROPE:
United Kingdom [England]
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
France
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=16670.
Accessed 12 February 2025.