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Festuca glauca is a short-lived exotic grass which is native to Southern France. It was originally described by French naturalist Dominique Villars. This clump-forming ornamental grass is noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-grey foliage. The foliage forms a dome-shaped, porcupine-like tuft of erect to arching, needle-like 9-ribbed blades, radiating upward and outward to a length of 140-180 mm. Light green flowers with a purple tinge appear in terminal panicles atop stems rising above the foliage in late spring to early summer, but inflorescences are not very showy. Flowers give way to puffy wheat-like seed-heads. It is drought tolerant and will grow in poor soils, but it is intolerant of wet or poorly-drained soils. | Festuca glauca is a short-lived exotic grass which is native to Southern France. It was originally described by French naturalist Dominique Villars. This clump-forming ornamental grass is noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-grey foliage. The foliage forms a dome-shaped, porcupine-like tuft of erect to arching, needle-like 9-ribbed blades, radiating upward and outward to a length of 140-180 mm. Light green flowers with a purple tinge appear in terminal panicles atop stems rising above the foliage in late spring to early summer, but inflorescences are not very showy. Flowers give way to puffy wheat-like seed-heads. It is drought tolerant and will grow in poor soils, but it is intolerant of wet or poorly-drained soils. | ||
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A young plant still with green foliage<br /> | A young plant still with green foliage<br /> | ||
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Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 | Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 | ||
Latest revision as of 13:13, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Plantae
(Unranked): Angiosperms
(Unranked): Monocots
(Unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Festuca
Species: F. glauca
Binomial name: Festuca glauca
Synonyms: Festuca ovina var. Glauca, Festuca ovina 'Glauca'.
Common name: Blue fescue, Blue mountain grass, Grey fescue.
Festuca glauca is a short-lived exotic grass which is native to Southern France. It was originally described by French naturalist Dominique Villars. This clump-forming ornamental grass is noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-grey foliage. The foliage forms a dome-shaped, porcupine-like tuft of erect to arching, needle-like 9-ribbed blades, radiating upward and outward to a length of 140-180 mm. Light green flowers with a purple tinge appear in terminal panicles atop stems rising above the foliage in late spring to early summer, but inflorescences are not very showy. Flowers give way to puffy wheat-like seed-heads. It is drought tolerant and will grow in poor soils, but it is intolerant of wet or poorly-drained soils.
A young plant still with green foliage
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Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
