Festuca alpina, also known as the alphine fescue, is a species of grass in the genus Festuca.[2] It grows in rocky habitats in many of the mountains chains across Europe.[3] in the countries of Austria, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Yugoslavia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Festuca |
| Species: | F. alpina
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When regarded as an aggregate group, the Festuca alpina group includes a number of other taxa, with Festuca alfrediana as the most notable.[3]
Characteristics
editLeaves
editFestuca alpina can grow up to 6 to 20 centimetres high. Its leaves are curled into bristles, are less than 0.5 millimeters wide, and have a green hue. Leaf sheaths of non-flowering shoots are closed to about the middle.
Flowers
editLigules are less than 0.5 milimeters long, its panicles are 1.5 to 3 centimetres long, and its spikelets are 6 centimeters long in a pale green hue. Lemmas are about 3.5 to 4.2 millimeters in length, with awns about 3 to 4 millimeters long. Its anthers are between 0.8 and 1.5 millimeters in length (rarely up to 2mm), while its ovaries are glabrous. Flowering period: July to August.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Festuca alpina Suter". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Festuca alpina Suter". www.worldfloraonline.org. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ a b Foggi, Bruno; Parolo, Gilberto; Šmarda, Petr (December 2012). "Revision of the Festuca alpina group ( Festuca section Festuca , Poaceae) in Europe: Festuca alpina in Europe". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 170 (4): 618–639. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2012.01313.x. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Festuca alpina Suter". Info Flora. Retrieved 16 January 2023.