Festuca pratensis
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Festuca pratensis, the Meadow fescue, ( syn. Bromus pratensis (Huds.) Spreng., Bucetum pratense (Huds.) Parn., Festuca fluitans L. var. pratensis (Huds.) Huds., Festuca elatior L. subsp. pratensis (Huds.) Hack., Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh., Tragus pratensis (Huds.) Panz. ex B.D.Jacks., and Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P.Beauv.
) is a perennial species
of grass
, which is often used an ornamental grass
in gardens.
It is an important forage crop.
It grows in meadows, on roadsides, old pastures riversides etc. on moist, rich soils, especially on loamy and heavy soils.
It is a tall, tufted grass similar to tall fescue Festuca arundinacea
. Tall fescue differs by having minute hairs on the auricle
s
s are green to purplish. The spikelets have 5 to 14 flowers.
It has a short blunt ligule
compared to other grasses 1mm high. The leaves are bright green.
Palisot de Beauvois
Ambroise Marie François Joseph Palisot, Baron de Beauvois 27 July 1752 Arras - 21 January 1820 Paris, was a French naturalist.Palisot collected insects in Oware, Benin, Saint Domingue, and the United States, during the period 1786 – 1797. Trained as a botanist, Palisot published a significant...
) is a perennial species
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
of grass
Poaceae
The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...
, which is often used an ornamental grass
Ornamental grass
Ornamental grasses are grasses grown as ornamental plants. They have become increasingly popular in gardens in recent years.-Classifications:...
in gardens.
It is an important forage crop.
It grows in meadows, on roadsides, old pastures riversides etc. on moist, rich soils, especially on loamy and heavy soils.
It is a tall, tufted grass similar to tall fescue Festuca arundinacea
Festuca arundinacea
Festuca arundinacea is a species of fescue commonly known as Tall fescue. It is a cool-season perennial C3 species of bunchgrass native to Europe. It is an important forage grass throughout Europe, and many cultivars have been used in agriculture...
. Tall fescue differs by having minute hairs on the auricle
Auricle
Auricle is an Anglicization of Latin auricula, from auris "ear" and -cula, a diminutive suffix.Auricle and auricula may refer to:-Medicine:* Ear** Pinna, the external portion of the ear...
s
Description
It is a perennial bunchgrass, (ie grows in tufts), which grows between 30 and 120 cm (47 in), flowering from June until August. The paniclePanicle
A panicle is a compound raceme, a loose, much-branched indeterminate inflorescence with pedicellate flowers attached along the secondary branches; in other words, a branched cluster of flowers in which the branches are racemes....
s are green to purplish. The spikelets have 5 to 14 flowers.
It has a short blunt ligule
Ligule
A ligule — is a thin outgrowth at the junction of leaf and leafstalk of many grasses and sedges or a strap-shaped corolla, such as that of a ray floret in plants in the daisy family....
compared to other grasses 1mm high. The leaves are bright green.