![]() |
|||||
University of California, Berkeley | |||||
Jepson Herbarium | |||||
![]() |
Jepson eFlora: Taxon page
Key to families | Table of families and genera |
![]() |
Index to accepted names and synonyms: | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | |
![]() |
Family: Poaceae (Gramineae) | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Genus: Festuca | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Species: | View Description | Dichotomous Key |
Higher Taxonomy
|
Festuca arundinacea Schreb. NATURALIZED Habit: Perennial herb, sometimes rhizomed. Stem: 8--20 dm, robust; nodes visible. Leaf: sheath shredding with age; ligule 0.5--1 mm; blade 25--70 cm, 4--10 mm wide, flat or loosely rolled, hairy, +- rigid, prominently ribbed above, basal auricles +- clasping stem, +- hairy. Inflorescence: 15--35 cm; branches many, spreading. Spikelet: 8--16 mm; lower glume 3--6 mm, upper 4--9 mm; florets 3--8; lemma 6--12 mm, generally minutely hairy, scabrous near tip, often tinged purple, awn 0.5--4 mm or 0; anthers 3--4 mm; ovary tip glabrous. Chromosomes: 2n=28,42,56,63,70. Ecology: Disturbed places; Elevation: < 2700 (generally < 1000) m. Bioregional Distribution: CA-FP, W&I; Distribution Outside California: to eastern North America; native to Eurasia. Flowering Time: May--Jun Note: Used for forage and soil stabilization. Often infected with a fungus that is toxic to cattle. Synonyms: Schedonorus arundinaceus (Schreb.) Dumort.; Unabridged Synonyms: Festuca elatior L.; Lolium arundinaceum (Schreb.) Darbysh.; Schedonorus phoenix (Scop.) Holub eFlora Treatment Author: James P. Smith, Jr. & Susan G. Aiken Reference: Darbyshire 2007 FNANM 24:443--448; Darbyshire & Pavlick 2007 FNANM 24:389--443; Lonard 2007 FNANM 24:448--454 Unabridged Reference: Aiken et al. 1996 onwards @ http://biodiversity.uno.edu/delta/festuca/index.htm [broken 21.vii.2010]; Lonard & Gould 1974 Madroño 22:217--230; Wilson 1999 Ph.D. Dissertation Oregon State Univ Jepson Online Interchange Weed listed by Cal-IPC Previous taxon: Festuca Next taxon: Festuca brachyphylla subsp. breviculmis | ![]() |
Citation for this treatment: James P. Smith, Jr. & Susan G. Aiken 2012, Festuca arundinacea, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=25783, accessed on April 22, 2018. Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2018, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 22, 2018. More photos of Festuca arundinacea in CalPhotos
|