Details of genus: Festuca L. [239]
genus_ja:
genus_en: Fescue
# spp.:
pub_year:
accepted: Accepted
Family: Poaceae
family_ja: イネ
Infra familial classification:
distribution_en:
description_en: Genus of 300-400 species of deciduous or evergreen, rhizomatous, often tufted, perennial grasses widely distributed in grassland, woodland edges, and stream margins throughout temperate zones. A few have attractive inflorescences, but most are grown for their usually blue-green or blue-grey foliage. Many are grown as turf or pasture grasses. The 5- to 9-veined, lance-shaped leaves are flat, folded, or rolled. Dense or loose, branched panicles of flattened, brownish green, sometimes glaucous spikelets are borne from spring to summer. Grow fescues in a border or rock garden to provide foliage contrast with alpines.
hardiness_en: Fully hardy.
cultivation_en:
propagation_en: Sow seed from autumn to spring in containers in a cold frame. Divide in spring.
pests_en: Trouble free.
description_ja:
comment: Cosmopolitan
comment_ja: ウシノケグサ,トボシガラ
type_species:
Phylogenetic definition:
Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2020-09-04 03:56
family:
System | Accepted? | Scientific name | Japanese name | Infra-familial classification | # species | |
APG4 | Poaceae | イネ科 | Show | |||
PB2 | Poaceae | イネ科 | Show | |||
PB3 | Poaceae | イネ科 | Show |