Festuca filiformis Pourr.

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Poaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Festuca filiformis Pourr.

  • Description

    Species Description - Lvs mostly more than half as long as the stems, scabrous, delicately wiry-capillary, 0.3–0.6 mm wide, with 3 large and 0–4 small veins but only one distinct rib, the sclerenchyma forming a ± continuous ring; infl very slender; spikelets small, the first glume 1.1–2.1 mm, the second 1.8–3 mm, the lemmas mostly 2.3–4 mm and awnless; anthers 1.5–2.5 mm; 2n=14, 28; otherwise much like spp. 8–10. A European weed intr. into lawns and waste places from Nf. to N.C., Ill., and Minn. (F. tenuifolia; F. capillata; F. ovina var. c.)