Festuca glauca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Loliinae
Genus: Festuca
Species: Festuca glauca

Festuca glauca Vill., Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 99 (1787)

Homotypic
- Festuca cinerea var. glauca (Vill.) Stöhr in Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe: 400 (1960)
- Festuca duriuscula var. glauca (Vill.) Bréb. in Fl. Normandie: 375 (1835), nom. illeg.
- Festuca ovina subsp. glauca (Vill.) Čelak. in Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 50 (1867)
- Festuca ovina proles glauca (Vill.) Douin in G.E.M.Bonnier, Fl. Ill. France 12: 49 (1933)
- Festuca ovina var. glauca (Vill.) Bréb. in Fl. Normandie: 377 (1835)
Heterotypic
- Festuca calcarea Tausch ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 628 (1840), pro syn.
- Festuca eragrostoides Krock. in Fl. Siles., Suppl. 1: 171 (1823)
- Festuca strictifolia Opiz in Naturalientausch 9: 126 (1825)
- Festuca veneris Gr.Rossi, Foggi & Signorini in Webbia 51: 22 (1996)

- Festuca glauca Lam. in Encycl. 2: 459 (1788), nom. illeg. vide Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr.-Dann. in Lejeunia, n.s., 89: 15 (1977)
- Festuca glauca Planellas ex Willk. & Lange in Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 95 (1861), pro syn. vide Festuca rubra L. in Sp. Pl.: 74 (1753)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Europe Regionalː Southwestern Europe France, Spain Regionalː Southeastern Europe Italy Regionalː Central Europe Switzerland Introduced into: Canary Is., Colombia, Corse, El Salvador, Great Britain, Ireland, Madeira, Morocco References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Villars, D. 1787. Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné: contenant les Especes, les Caracteres, les Synonymes & les Vertus générales des cinq premieres classes ; qui comprennent la Monandrie, les Orchis, les Graminées, les Cyperacées, les Joncs, les Liliacées, Dipsacées, Rubiacées, Labiées, Personées, Borraginées, les Ombelliferes & les Syngeneses non composées. Vol. 2. 690 pp. + XV pl. Grenoble, Lyon, Paris. BHL Reference page. 2:99.

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.

International Plant Names Index. 2025. Festuca glauca. Published online. Accessed: December 05 2025. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Festuca glauca in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 05. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Festuca glauca. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 December 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Festuca glauca in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: December 05. Reference page.