Festuca longifolia

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Festuca longifolia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Festuca
Species:
F. longifolia
Binomial name
Festuca longifolia
Synonyms [1]

Festuca caesiaSm.

Festuca longifolia, known in Britain and Ireland as blue fescue, [2] is a species of grass which is native to Channel Islands and Southern Devon. [3] It was described by Auquier in 1977. [4]

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References

  1. "Festuca caesiaSm." . Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. "Festuca longifolia". Online Atlas of the British & Irish Flora. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  4. D. J. Gibson and I. Taylor (2005). "Festuca longifolia Thuill. (F. glauca auct. non. Vill. F glauca var. caesia (Sm.) Howarth, F caesia Sm.)". Journal of Ecology . 93 (238): 214–226. Bibcode:2005JEcol..93..214G. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00963.x . S2CID   85312282.