Festuca pratensis Huds.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Bromus pratensis (Huds.) Spreng.; Bucetum pratense (Huds.) Parn.; Festuca adscendens Retz.; Festuca americana (Pers.) F.Dietr.; Festuca arctica Schur; Festuca australis Schur; Festuca curvata P.Beauv.; Festuca fluitans var. pratensis (Huds.) Huds.; Festuca glabra Spreng.; Festuca heteromalla Pourr.; Festuca pratensis Huds.; Festuca pratensis f. macrostachya (Schur) Soó; Festuca pratensis f. mucronata (Schur) Soó; Festuca pratensis f. parvillora (Kuntze) Soó; Festuca pubescens Prodan; Festuca radicans (Dumort.) Steud.; × Festulolium ascendens (Retz.) Asch. & Graebn.; Poa intermedia Koeler; Schedonorus americanus (Pers.) Roem. & Schult.; Schedonorus curvatus P.Beauv.; Schedonorus pratensis (Huds.) P.Beauv.; Schedonorus radicans Dumort.; Tragus pratensis (Huds.) Panz.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Lolium pratense (Huds.) Darbysh.
  • Common name : Meadow Fescue
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Moist places
  • Comments / notes : Often used as an ornamental grass in gardens, and is also an important forage crop.
  • Key identification features : Auricle margins glabrous
  • Flower, Fruit : June-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Albania, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, European Russia, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, I
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Azores, Europe to Siberia, West Himalaya and Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Algeria, Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, China, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Falkland Is., Florida, Georgia, Greenland, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Labrador, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yukon
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 266
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Festuca pratensis. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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