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Festuca bromoides

L. (1753)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Festuca

brome fescue

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Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Glabrous annuals.

Stems: Culms loosely tufted, base decumbent, 1–3(–5.5) dm tall, lower nodes geniculate.

Roots: Fibrous root system.

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate, distichous. Blades usually involute, filiform. Lower surfaces pubescent. Margins entire. Veins parallel. Sheaths open, sparsely to evenly pilose or glabrous, margins membranous, overlapping; ligule erose–ciliate, 0.2–0.6 mm long. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers in panicles often slightly secund, narrow, 2–8(–12) cm long, with short, ascending branches, sometimes the lower branches spreading. Spikelets 3–5(–6)–flowered; glumes unequal, first glume 3.5–5(–7) mm long, filiform, 1–nerved, second glume lanceolate, 4.5–8 mm long, prominently 3–nerved, sometimes slightly awn–tipped; lemmas (4–)5.5–7.5 mm long, minutely scaberulous or glabrous, the awns (4–)6–11(–15) mm long; palea narrow, apex bifid. Stamen 1. Ovary superior.

Fruit: Caryopsis 3.5–4 mm long.

Ploidy: 2n = 14

Habitat: Naturalized in dry; disturbed sites such as along roadsides; in pastures; and on rocky slopes.

Elevation Range: 185–2,590 m.

Historical Distribution

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Synonyms (51)

Bromus ambiguus Cirillo (1788)
Bromus dertonensis All. (1785)
Distomomischus sciuroides (Roth) Dulac (1867)
Distomomischus subuniglumis Dulac (1867)
Festuca brachypoda Font Quer (1928)
Festuca bromoides var. altior Laterr. (1829)
Festuca bromoides var. ambigua (Cirillo) Guss. (1843)
Festuca bromoides var. nana Parn. (1842)
Festuca bromoides var. pseudomyuros Parn. (1845)
Festuca bromoides var. sciuroides (Roth) DC. (1805)
Festuca bromoides var. tenella Hook.f. (1853)
Festuca commutata Scheele (1844)
Festuca dertonensis (All.) Asch. & Graebn. (1901)
Festuca dertonensis var. gracilis (Lange) Asch. & Graebn. (1901)
Festuca dertonensis var. sciuroides (Roth) Briq. (1910)
Festuca geniculata var. monandra Döll (1878)
Festuca hordeiformis Wulfen ex Steud. (1821)
Festuca myuros subsp. sciuroides (Roth) Rouy (1913)
Festuca myuros var. bromoides Petif (1830)
Festuca myuros var. dertonensis (All.) Knoche (1921)
Festuca myuros var. rothii Noulet (1837)
Festuca myuros var. sciuroides (Roth) Kuntze (1891)
Festuca onurus Willd. ex Spreng. (1824)
Festuca panormitana Guss. (1844)
Festuca pseudomyuros var. sciuroides (Roth) Légué (1891)
Festuca sciuroides Roth (1787)
Festuca sciuroides var. major St.-Amans (1821)
Festuca uniglumis Aiton (1789)
Festuca willemetii Savi (1832)
Lolium bromoides (L.) Huds. (1778)
Mygalurus bromoides (L.) Link (1821)
Mygalurus uniglumis Link (1821)
Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray (1822)
Vulpia bromoides f. gracilis (Lange) Soó (1972)
Vulpia bromoides subsp. sciuroides (Roth) Dumort. (1824)
Vulpia bromoides var. sciuroides (Roth) Gray (1822)
Vulpia dertonensis (All.) Gola (1904)
Vulpia dertonensis f. violacea Holmb. (1926)
Vulpia exserta St.-Lag. (1889)
Vulpia granulata Sennen (1936)
Vulpia myuros subsp. bromoides (L.) Parl. (1850)
Vulpia myuros subsp. dertonensis (All.) Bég. (1910)
Vulpia myuros subsp. sciuroides (Roth) Rouy (1913)
Vulpia myuros var. dertonensis (All.) Fiori (1923)
Vulpia myuros var. sciuroides (Roth) Coss. & Durieu (1855)
Vulpia panormitana Parl. (1845)
Vulpia sciuroides (Roth) C.C.Gmel. (1805)
Vulpia sciuroides subsp. panormitana (Parl.) Nyman (1882)
Vulpia sciuroides var. gracilis Lange (1861)
Vulpia uniglumis Dumort. (1824)
Zerna bromoides (L.) B.D.Jacks. (1885)

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
O'ahu Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean
Wind
Other Animals

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Sp. Pl.: 75 (1753)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1603 (K, O, Mo, L, M, H [as Vulpia bromoides]); Starr & Starr 2011:32 (EM, high elev record); Wagner et al. 2012:101 (Syn. V. bromoides = F. bromoides)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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