Festuca gautieri

Festuca gautieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Festuca
Species: F. gautieri
Binomial name
Festuca gautieri
(Hack.) K.Richt.[1]

Festuca gautieri, commonly known as spiky fescue[2] or bearskin fescue, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family, Poaceae,[3] native to the Pyrenees.[2] It is a commonly cultivated evergreen or semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial, and, as a native to alpine areas, it is a small, low-growing Festuca suitable for rock gardens.[4]

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References

  1. "Festuca gautieri (Hack.) K.Richt.". International Plant Names Index. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Clive A. Stace (2011). New Flora of the British Isles (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 1001. ISBN 978-0-521-70772-5.
  3. Roger Holmes (1997). Taylor's Guide to Ornamental Grasses. Houghton Mifflin. p. 139.
  4. Michael King & Piet Oudolf (1998). Gardening With Grasses. Frances Lincoln. p. 39. ISBN 9780711212022.


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