Festuca heterophylla Lam. is a plant in the Poaceae family, order Poales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Festuca heterophylla Lam.

Festuca heterophylla Lam.

Various-leaved fescue (Festuca heterophylla Lam.) is a perennial Poaceae species native to southern Europe that also grows in Asia and parts of the US.

Family
Genus
Festuca
Order
Poales
Class
Liliopsida

About Festuca heterophylla Lam.

Festuca heterophylla, commonly called various-leaved fescue, has the scientific name Festuca heterophylla Lam. It is a perennial species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae. It is native to southern Europe, and it also grows in Asia, as well as the U.S. states of New York and Virginia.

Photo: (c) Alenka Mihoric, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alenka Mihoric · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Poales Poaceae Festuca

More from Poaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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