Poaceae
Festuca

Festuca pseudosulcata Drobow

First published in Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 14: 156 (1915)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Siberia to Russian Far East and Mongolia. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Morphology General Habit
Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Culms 20-60 cm long. Culm-internodes smooth. Leaf-sheaths open for most of their length; with 0.15 of their length closed; glabrous on surface. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades flexuous; filiform; elliptic in section; 20-30 cm long; 0.3-0.7 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation comprising 5-7 vascular bundles. Leaf-blade surface scabrous; rough abaxially.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a panicle. Peduncle scaberulous above. Panicle open; 3-8 cm long. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets comprising 3-5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 5-9 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Fertile
Spikelets comprising 3-5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 5-9 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume lanceolate; 2.5-3 mm long; 0.66 length of upper glume; chartaceous; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume lanceolate; 3.5-4.5 mm long; 1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; chartaceous; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Fertile lemma oblong; 3.5-5 mm long; chartaceous; mid-green; dull; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma apex acute; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn 1.5-2.5 mm long overall. Palea 2 -veined. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Anthers 3. Ovary glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Hilum linear.
Distribution
Asia-temperate: Siberia, Soviet far east, China, and Mongolia.
Reference
Poeae. Fl USSR 1995.
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Sources

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