Festuca ovina

Festuca ovina

Festuca ovina

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 ovina

Name

Festuca ovina L., Sp. Pl.: 73 (1753)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Bromus ovinus (L.) Scop. in Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 77 (1771)
  • Festuca ovina var. vulgaris Schrad. in Fl. Germ.: 320 (1806), not validly publ.
  • Gnomonia ovina (L.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 224 (1915)
• Heterotypic
  • Avena ovina Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 22 (1796)
  • Festuca agrestis Wulfen ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 628 (1840), not validly publ.
  • Festuca baumgarteniana Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 787 (1866), pro syn.
  • Festuca capillaris Wulfen in Fl. Norica Phan.: 144 (1858), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca centroapenninica (Markgr.-Dann.) Foggi, F.Conti & Pignatti in Bocconea 10: 212 (1998)
  • Festuca chiisanensis (Ohwi) E.B.Alexeev in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 85(4): 86 (1980)
  • Festuca diffusa V.N.Vassil. in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 8: 216 (1940), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca duriuscula var. hirsuta Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 787 (1866), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca eskia Lej. in Fl. Spa 1: 57 (1811), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca filifolia Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 445 (1821)
  • Festuca fontqueriana (St.-Yves) Romo in Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 16: 338 (1986)
  • Festuca glauca var. exilior (St.-Yves) Bidault in Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég. 31: 336 (1968)
  • Festuca glauca var. firmuloides (St.-Yves) Bidault in Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég. 31: 336 (1968)
  • Festuca glauca var. hallerioides Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 790 (1866)
  • Festuca glaucantha Blocki in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 39: 155 (1889)
  • Festuca glaucoidea (J.Vetter) E.B.Alexeev in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 80(2): 114 (1975)
  • Festuca guestphalica Boenn. ex Rchb. in Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 140(3) (1831)
  • Festuca guinochetii (Bidault) S.Arndt in Pl. Syst. Evol. 271: 136 (2008)
  • Festuca hallerioides Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 790 (1866), pro syn.
  • Festuca heterophylla Wahlenb. in Veg. Clim. Helv. Sept.: 18 (1813), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca jumpeiana (Ohwi) Kitag. in Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 89 (1979)
  • Festuca lasiantha Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 788 (1866), pro syn.
  • Festuca leucantha Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 916 (1866), orth. var.
  • Festuca livida Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 787 (1866), pro syn.
  • Festuca malzevii (Litv.) Reverd. in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 11: 57 (1949)
  • Festuca mariettana E.B.Alexeev in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 88(5): 103 (1983)
  • Festuca maskerensis (Litard.) Romo in Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 16: 339 (1986)
  • Festuca multiflora Suter in Helvet. Fl. 1: 56 (1802), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca nigra Gilib. in Excerc. Phyt. 2: 533 (1792), opus utique oppr.
  • Festuca oligosantha Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 784 (1866)
  • Festuca ovina f. aculeolata Soó in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 116 (1971 publ. 1972)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. angustiflora Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 102 (1882)
  • Festuca ovina var. angustifolia Parn. in Grass. Scotland: 129 (1842)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. arenosa Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 187 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina var. baicalensis Vylzan in Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 84: 22 (1967), contrary to Art. 40.1 (ICN, 2012).
  • Festuca ovina subvar. bohemica Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 188 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. breviaristata Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 187 (1930), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca ovina f. breviaristata Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 189 (1930), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca ovina f. breviculmis Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 188 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. capillifolia Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 187 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina var. centroapenninica Markgr.-Dann. in Arch. Bot. Biogeogr. Ital. 48: 25 (1972)
  • Festuca ovina var. chiisanensis Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 111 (1941)
  • Festuca ovina var. chosenica Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 111 (1941)
  • Festuca ovina f. ciliolata Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 189 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina f. communis Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 189 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina var. coreana (St.-Yves) St.-Yves in Candollea 3: 333 (1928)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. coreana St.-Yves in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 33 (1924)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. coreana (St.-Yves) E.B.Alexeev in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 83(4): 122 (1978)
  • Festuca ovina var. coreensis T.Mori in Enum. Pl. Corea: 43 (1922), nom. nud.
  • Festuca ovina var. curvula Wahlenb. in Fl. Suecica 1: 62 (1824)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. curvula (Wahlenb.) J.Erikson in Bot. Not. 1901: 206 (1901)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. deylii Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 189 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina var. elata Drobow in Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 14: 153 (1915)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. elata (Drobow) Tzvelev in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 56: 1255 (1971)
  • Festuca ovina var. elatior Andersson in Pl. Scand. 2: 23 (1852)
  • Festuca ovina f. exilior St.-Yves in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 63 (1914)
  • Festuca ovina var. firmulacea (Markgr.-Dann.) Stohr in Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 9: 406 (1960)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. firmulacea (Markgr.-Dann.) Prob. in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 95(4): 73 (1990)
  • Festuca ovina f. firmuloides St.-Yves in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 50 (1914)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. firmuloides (St.-Yves) St.-Yves in Rev. Bretonne Bot. Pure Appl. 2: 26 (1927)
  • Festuca ovina f. flaccida Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 190 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina f. flavida Scoggan in Fl. Canada 2: 277 (1978), without basionym ref.
  • Festuca ovina var. fontqueriana St.-Yves in Cavanillesia 2: 55 (1929)
  • Festuca ovina f. glabra Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 189 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. glaucantha Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 106 (1882)
  • Festuca ovina var. glaucofirmula St.-Yves in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 51 (1914)
  • Festuca ovina var. glaucoidea J.Vetter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 166 (1940)
  • Festuca ovina f. glaucoides St.-Yves in Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 59 (1914)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. glaucostyla Rohlena in Věstn. Ceské Společn. Nauk, Tř. Mat.-Přír. 23: 8 (1901)
  • Festuca ovina var. guinochetii Bidault in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 114: 58 (1967)
  • Festuca ovina var. hibernica (Markgr.-Dann.) M.J.Wilk. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 106: 369 (1991)
  • Festuca ovina var. hirta G.Mey. in Chloris Han.: 620 (1836)
  • Festuca ovina var. jumpeiana Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 113 (1941)
  • Festuca ovina var. kandavanica Vetter in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 48: 167 (1940)
  • Festuca ovina var. koreanoalpina Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 111 (1941)
  • Festuca ovina f. laevifolia (Hack.) Neuman in Sver. Fl.: 736 (1901)
  • Festuca ovina f. laevifolia (Hack.) Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 188 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. laevifolia Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 86 (1882)
  • Festuca ovina var. laevifolia (Hack.) Kozlowska in Bull. Int. Acad. Polon. Sci., Cl. Sci. Math., Sér. B, Sci. Nat. 1925: 330 (1925)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. laeviglumis Hack. ex Macloskie in Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8(3): 61 (1914 publ. 1915)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. litoralis E.B.Alexeev in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 83(5): 99 (1978)
  • Festuca ovina var. litoralis Tzvelev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 9: 45 (1972), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca ovina var. livida Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 786 (1866)
  • Festuca ovina f. longiaristata Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 188 (1930), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca ovina f. longiaristata Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 189 (1930), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca ovina var. malzevii Litv. in Spisok Rast. Gerb. Russk. Fl. Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 5: 18 (1905)
  • Festuca ovina var. marchandii Litard. in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 79: 275 (1945)
  • Festuca ovina var. maritima Dumort. in Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 102 (1824)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. maroccana (St.-Yves) Dobignard in Index Syn. Fl. Afrique N. 1: 294 (2010)
  • Festuca ovina var. maroccana St.-Yves in Tent. Clav. Anal. Festuc.: 30 (1927)
  • Festuca ovina var. maskerensis Litard. in Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 15: 262 (1935)
  • Festuca ovina var. montana Andersson in Pl. Scand. 2: 23 (1852)
  • Festuca ovina f. morrisonensis Hayata in Gen. Ind. Fl. Formos.: 96 (1916), nom. nud.
  • Festuca ovina f. multiflora Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 190 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. nipponica (Ohwi) E.B.Alexeev in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 89(2): 119 (1984)
  • Festuca ovina var. nipponica Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 111 (1941)
  • Festuca ovina f. nitida Beldie in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 790 (1972)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. pilifera St.-Yves in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 71: 29 (1924)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. polyantha Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 188 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina var. pseudogenuina Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 188 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina var. pseudovaria Volkart in Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges. 14: 115 (1904)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. pubescens Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 91 (1882)
  • Festuca ovina var. pubiculmis Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 110 (1941)
  • Festuca ovina var. purpurascens (Hayata) Honda in J. Fac. Sci. Univ. Tokyo, Sect. 3, Bot. 3: 50 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina f. purpurascens Hayata in J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo 30(1): 308 (1911)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. rastetteri Boeuf & Hardion in Botanique (Heugas) 8: 76 (2022)
  • Festuca ovina var. rohlenae Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 187 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina var. rorida Wallr. in Sched. Crit.: 32 (1822)
  • Festuca ovina var. ruscinonensis Litard. in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Toulouse 82: 111 (1947)
  • Festuca ovina f. sciaphila (Schur) Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 87 (1882)
  • Festuca ovina f. semivivipara Norm. in Christ. Vidensk.-Selsk. Forh. 1893 (16): 53 (1893)
  • Festuca ovina var. senneniana Litard. in Candollea 10: 121 (1945)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. serpentinica Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 187 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. sillingeri Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 188 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. sphagnicola (B.Keller) Tzvelev in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 56: 1255 (1971)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. subglaucescens Hack. ex Krajina in Věstn. Ceské Společn. Nauk, Tř. Mat.-Přír. 23: 8 (1901)
  • Festuca ovina f. submucronata Soó in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 116 (1971 publ. 1972)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. sulcatiformis Markgr.-Dann. in Ber. Bayer. Bot. Ges. 28: 204 (1950), without a Latin descr.
  • Festuca ovina var. sulcifera Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 111 (1941)
  • Festuca ovina f. supinoides Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 189 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina var. sylvatica Andersson in Pl. Scand. 2: 23 (1852)
  • Festuca ovina subsp. sytschuanica E.B.Alexeev in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 83(5): 99 (1978)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. taquetii St.-Yves in Candollea 3: 334 (1928)
  • Festuca ovina var. tateyamensis Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 10: 111 (1941)
  • Festuca ovina subvar. tatrensis Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 187 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina f. umbrosa Hack. in Monogr. Festuc. Eur.: 87 (1882)
  • Festuca ovina f. variegata Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 188 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina f. violascens Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 187 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina f. viridiflora Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 187 (1930)
  • Festuca ovina f. viridis Pamp. in Boll. Mus. Republ. San Marino 1: 141 (1917)
  • Festuca ovina f. viridis Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 187 (1930), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca ovina var. vulgaris Wallr. in Sched. Crit.: 32 (1822)
  • Festuca ovina f. vulgaris Krajina in Acta Bot. Bohem. 9: 189 (1930), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca ovina subsp. vylzaniae Vylzan ex E.B.Alexeev in Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol., n.s., 84(5): 128 (1978)
  • Festuca ovina var. weileri Litard. in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 31: 70 (1940)
  • Festuca ovina var. yarochenkoi St.-Yves in Candollea 5: 104 (1932)
  • Festuca pallens subvar. hibernica Markgr.-Dann. in Veröff. Geobot. Inst. Rübel Zürich 25: 116 (1952)
  • Festuca pauciflora Schleich. in Cat. Pl. Helv., ed. 4: 17 (1821), nom. nud.
  • Festuca pietrosii Zapał. in Bull. Int. Acad. Sci. Cracovie, Cl. Sci. Math. 1904(6): 304 (1904)
  • Festuca pratensis Honck. in Verz. Gew. Teutschl.: 268 (1782), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca pumila Willk. in Linnaea 25: 66 (1853), nom. nud.
  • Festuca rupicola var. sulcatiformis (Markgr.-Dann.) Markgr.-Dann. ex Stohr in Schlechtendalia 7: 29 (2001)
  • Festuca sauvagei Romo in Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 16: 339 (1986)
  • Festuca sciaphila Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 787 (1866)
  • Festuca serpentinica (Krajina) M.Toman in Nachr. Forsch. Erwäg. Hist. Bot. Astr.: 26 (2008), basionym not explicity cited.
  • Festuca sphagnicola B.Keller in Zap. Voronezhsk. Sel'sk.-Khoz. Inst. 11: 78 (1928)
  • Festuca sulcatiformis (Markgr.-Dann.) Patzke & G.H.Loos in Jahrb. Bochum. Bot. Vereins 1: 121 (2010), not validly publ.
  • Festuca trachyphylla f. firmulacea Markgr.-Dann. in Ber. Geobot. Inst. E. T. H. Stiftung Rübel 1938: 59 (1938)
  • Festuca trachyphylla var. pubescens (Hack.) Tzvelev in Botanika (Minsk) 39: 127 (2010)
  • Festuca valesiaca var. lasiantha Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 788 (1866)
  • Festuca verguinii Sennen in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 677 (1926 publ. 1927), nom. nud.
  • Festuca vorobievii Prob. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 68: 1660 (1983)
  • Festuca vulgaris (Wallr.) Hayek in Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 94: 208 (1917 publ. 1918)
  • Festuca vylzaniae (Vylzan ex E.B.Alexeev) Tzvelev in Botanika (Minsk) 39: 128 (2010)
  • Festuca weilleri (Litard.) Romo in Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 16: 340 (1986)
  • Festuca yarochenkoi (St.-Yves) E.B.Alexeev in Ovsyanitsy Kavkaza: 82 (1980)
  • Poa ovina var. nemoralis Wimm. & Grab. in Fl. Siles. 1: 83 (1827)
  • Poa setacea Koeler in Descr. Gramin.: 162 (1802), nom. illeg.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan Regionalː Temp. Eurasia Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Poland, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya Extinct in: Netherlands Introduced into: California, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, Iceland, Illinois, Kentucky, Kerguelen, Madeira, Maine, Massachusetts, Mexico Northwest, Missouri, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Georgia, Utah, Vermont, Washington Recorded in error in: Belgium References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 73. Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Festuca ovina. Published online. Accessed: December 09 2025. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Festuca ovina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Festuca ovina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 December 2025. Reference page.
• Flora Europaea [1]
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Festuca ovina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Echter Schaf-Schwingel
• English: Sheep's Fescue
• español: barcea, cañota, pan de corderos
• suomi: Lampaannata
• македонски: Овчи виук

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