| Monocotyledon | Literature for Festuca bromoides
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Poaceae -- The Grass Family | Bibliography |
| Festuca bromoides | |
Common name(s): annual fescue, brome fescue |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | Native to Europe, northern Africa, and Asia Minor.In the Hawaiian Islands, naturalized on Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i, Lana`i, Maui, Hawai`i. | |
| Elevation | 185-3050 m |
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| Habit |
Glabrous annuals; culms loosely tufted, base decumbent, 1-3(-5.5) dm tall, lower nodes geniculate. |
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| Leaves |
Sheaths open, sparsely to evenly pilose or glabrous, margins membranous, overlapping; ligule erose-ciliate, 0.2-0.6 mm long; blades usually involute, filiform, lower surface pubescent. |
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| Flowers |
Panicles often slightly secund, narrow, 2-8(-12) cm long, with short, ascending branches, sometimes the lower branches spreading; spikelets 3-5(-6)-flowered; glumes unequal, first glume 3.5-5(-7) mm long, filiform, 1-nerved, second glume lanceolate, 4.5-8 mm long, prominently 3-nerved, sometimes slightly awn-tipped; lemmas (4-)5.5-7.5 mm long, minutely scaberulous or glabrous, the awns (4-)6-11(-15) mm long; palea narrow, apex bifid. |
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| Fruit |
Caryopsis 3.5-4 mm long. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 14 |
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