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

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

• (≡) Festuca capillata Lam.
• (=) Festuca ovina subsp. tenuifolia (Sibth.) Čelak.
• (=) Festuca ovina var. capillata Mathieu
• (=) Festuca ovina var. tenuifolia (Sibth.) Mert. & W. D. J. Koch
• (=) Festuca tenuifolia Sibth.

Common names:

• fine-leaf sheep fescue  (Source: Festuca N Amer) - English
• hair fescue  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• slender fescue  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• hair fescue  (Source: ICAW) - English (Canada)
• fétuque chevelue   (Source: ICAW) - French (Canada)
• finsvingel  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• ovsjanica tonkolistnaja  (Source: Mansf Ency) - Transliterated Russian

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: lawn/turf (for lawns)
• Weed:

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland (s.w.), Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation, [Saratov] Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Italy (n. & c.), Romania
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France, Spain


Cultivated (also cult.)

Naturalized

Australasia

• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• North America

Southern America

• South America


Uncertain

Europe

• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Croatia

References:

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2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) URL: www.skud.info
3. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
4. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
5. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
6. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
7. Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 26.
8. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
9. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
10. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
11. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
13. Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:220.
14. Snow, N. & G. Davidse. 1993. Leptochloa mucronata (Michx.) Kunth is the correct name for Leptochloa filiformis (Poaceae). Taxon 42:413. Note: mentions
15. Wilkinson, M. J. & C. A. Stace. 1991. A new taxonomic treatment of the Festuca ovina aggregate (Poaceae) in the British Isles. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 106:347-397.
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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=402520. Accessed 5 October 2024.