Festuca consists of rhizomatous grasses that can be either herbaceous or evergreen. These grasses feature narrow leaves, which may display vivid colors, and produce either dense or loose flower clusters that are brownish in hue during the summer months.

Festuca idahoensis 'Tomales Bay'

Festuca incrassata

Festuca juncifolia

Festuca lemanii

Festuca liviensis

Festuca longifolia

Festuca mairei is a decorative, clump-forming grass that creates substantial, rounded tufts of foliage, reaching heights of up to 75 cm. In regions with milder climates, it remains evergreen and showcases delicate, fine leaves in a grey-green hue. Beginning in early summer, it produces slender, bristly flower plumes that transition to a golden-brown color.

Festuca mairei

Festuca nigrescens

Festuca nigrescens var. heterophylla

Festuca novae-zelandiae

Festuca ochroleuca

Festuca ovina is a grass species native to the British Isles, playing a significant role as forage for sheep grazing in upland areas. It features short, slender leaves that form dense clumps, and in late spring to early summer, it produces compact clusters of flowers that are green with a hint of purple. In colder conditions, the foliage may take on a blue-green hue.

Festuca ovina

Festuca ovina 'Aberfleece'PBR

Festuca ovina 'Bartosca'

Festuca ovina 'Blues'PBR

Festuca ovina 'Cantona'PBR

Festuca ovina 'Kulturform'

Festuca ovina 'Manetto'PBR

Festuca ovina 'Quatro'

Festuca ovina 'Söhrewald'

Festuca ovina 'Tetra Gold'

Festuca ovina grassifolia

Festuca ovina subsp. hirtula

Festuca ovina subsp. ophioliticola

Festuca ovina subsp. ovina

Festuca ovina var. gallica

Festuca ovina var. heterophylla

Festuca ovina var. vulgaris

Festuca paniculata

Festuca paniculata subsp. spadicea

Festuca paradoxa

Festuca petraea

Festuca pratensis

Festuca pratensis 'Alfio'PBR

Festuca pratensis 'Cosmonaut'

Festuca pratensis 'Hyperbola'PBR

Festuca pratensis 'Kolumbus'PBR

Festuca pratensis 'Libon'PBR

Festuca pratensis 'Liherold'PBR

Festuca pratensis 'Makyta'PBR

Festuca pratensis 'Pampero'PBR

Festuca pratensis 'Sw Revansch'PBR

Festuca pratensis 'Tored'PBR

Festuca pulchella

Festuca punctoria

Festuca quadriflora

Festuca rubra is a perennial grass that grows in dense, tufted clumps, reaching heights of approximately 30 cm. Its leaves are narrow, bristly, and mid-green, frequently featuring red veins. During the summer, flower spikes emerge, also reaching about 30 cm tall, displaying pale brown clusters of spikelets. This species is commonly found in grassy meadows or utilized as a lawn grass.

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