Festuca ovina

Growing form

Densely cespitose, perennial grass.

Size

15–40 cm high.

Stem

The culm is erect, thin and smooth.

Leaf

The basal leaf sheaths are of varying heights, sallow or brownish. The leaves are alternate, sessile, sheathed and distinctly shorter than the culm. The lamina is filamentous, very narrow (0.3–0.6 mm), scabrous and opaque gray-green. The ligule is negligible.

Flower

The inflorescence is a narrow, 3–5 cm long panicle. The spikelets are rather small, 4–6 mm long, and light green or maroon. The branches are triangular. The spikelets consist of 3–6 bisexual florets. The glumes are short, acute, and of different lengths. The lemma is relatively long, 3–4 mm, scabrous at the apex and short-aristate. The awn is 0.6–1.5 mm long.

Fruit and seed

Grain.

Source: Pinkka e-learning: Botanical excursion to Lammi - Esker Untulaharju, nature trail, Lammi village CC BY 4.0

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Observations
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Checklist
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Scientific name
Festuca ovina
Author
L.
Vernacular names
  • lampaannata (Finnish)
  • fårsvingel (Swedish)
Identifier
http://tun.fi/MX.40445
Taxon rank
species
Occurrence in Finland
Collected from Finland
Status in Finland
  • AOV - spontaneous, old, resident
Regulatory Status
  • Vascular plants – SUMI Project 2022 ?
  • Crop wild relative (CWR Priority species) ?
Finnish Regional Red List Category
  • 2019 LC – Least Concern
  • 2010 LC – Least Concern
Experts
  • Pertti Uotila
  • Henry Väre
DNA barcode sequences
Festuca ovina
26 public records
Informal groups
  • Vascular plants