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

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

• (-) Festuca ovina subsp. ovina L.
• (-) Festuca ovina var. ovina L.

Common names:

• ovina  (Source: Festuca N Amer) - English
• sheep fescue  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• coquiole  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• fétuque des moutons  (Source: L Noms French ed6) - French
• fétuque ovine  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Schafschwingel  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• festuca ovina  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• festuca-ovelha  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• cañuela de oveja  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• fårsvingel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• yang mao  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese
• gimuiteol  (Source: F Korea) - Transcribed Korean

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control; lawn/turf; revegetator
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• MACARONESIA: Portugal [Madeira Islands]
• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria, Morocco

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia, [Eastern Siberia] Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation-Far East [Far East]
• CHINA: China (n.)
• EASTERN ASIA: Japan, Korea

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russian Federation, [Saratov] Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Croatia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)

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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=16688. Accessed 9 July 2024.