About Festuca rupicola Heuff.
Festuca rupicola Heuff., commonly called the furrowed fescue, is a cool-season grass species belonging to the Poaceae family. It is native to the warm-temperate Old World, with a range spanning the Atlas Mountains of Africa, France, most of central and eastern Europe, continuing through Central Asia to Manchuria, and reaching as far south as Saudi Arabia and Iran. It grows in a tussock form, and is recognized as a typical dominant species of ancient, species-rich grasslands.
