Festuca brachyphylla Schultes & Schultes f. subsp. brachyphylla

Festuca brachyphylla Schultes & Schultes f. subsp. brachyphylla is an accepted subspecies name sensu FNA Ed. Comm., 2007.

Vernacular names

• fétuque à feuilles courtes Meades et al., 2000

• short-leaved fescue Harms, 2006
• alpine fescue FNA Ed. Comm., 2007

Synonyms

• Festuca brachyphylla Schultes & Schultes f. var. brachyphylla Soreng et al., 2000+
• Festuca brachyphylla var. arctica (St.-Yves) Litard nom. illeg. Soreng et al., 2000+
• Festuca brevifolia R. Brown nom. illeg. TROPICOS
• Festuca jensenii O. Gjaerevoll & L. Ryvarden Soreng et al., 2000+
• Festuca ovina subsp. brachyphylla (Schultes & Schultes f.) Piper TROPICOS
• Festuca ovina subsp. brevifolia (S. Watson) Hackel TROPICOS
• Festuca ovina var. borealis Lange nom. illeg. Soreng et al., 2000+
• Festuca ovina var. brachyphylla (Schultes & Schultes f.) Hitchcock nom. illeg. FNA Ed. Comm., 2007
• Festuca ovina var. brevifolia S. Watson TROPICOS

Distribution

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• Native
• Introduced
• Ephemeral
• Excluded
• Extirpated
• Doubtful
• Absent

Classification

Class	Equisetopsida
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Superorder	Lilianae
Order	Poales
Family	Poaceae
Subfamily	Pooideae
Tribe	Poeae
Subtribe	Loliinae
Genus	Festuca
Subgenus	Festuca subg. Festuca
Section	Festuca sect. Festuca
Species	Festuca brachyphylla
Subspecies	Festuca brachyphylla subsp. brachyphylla

Habit

Herb