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Hawai'I Fescue (Festuca hawaiiensis)

Description

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Culms erect; 100-150 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1-2 mm long; lacerate. Leaf-blades 20-30 cm long; 3-5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface scabrous; rough adaxially.Panicle open; ovate; 30-40 cm long. Primary panicle branches spreading, or drooping; 4-5 -nate; 8-15 cm long; bearing 3-5 fertile spikelets on each lower branch.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Poales

            • Family: Poaceae

              • Genus: Festuca