Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (≡) Festuca rubra var. heterophylla (Lam.) Mutel

Common names:

• shade fescue  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• various-leaf fescue  (Source: BSBI) - English
• hagawari-toboshigara  (Source: Pl Names) - Japanese Rōmaji
• skuggsvingel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: ornamental
• Weed: potential seed contaminant (contaminant of grass seed)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Georgia, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Romania, Serbia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Spain (incl. Baleares)


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
2. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
3. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
5. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
6. Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
7. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
8. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=16663. Accessed 5 October 2024.