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Festuca pseudosulcata Drob. - False striated fescue.
Taxonomical position.
Family Poaceae Benth. Genera Festuca L.Morphology and biology.
Long-term cereal. The plant is dense with stalks 30-60 cm in height. Stalks slightly rough under inflorescence. Leaves 0.3-0.7 mm in width, 10-20 cm in length, setiform, rough. Panicles 3-8 cm in length, narrow, with rough branchlets. Spikelets 5-9 mm in length, with 3-5 (6) flowers, greenish. Spikelet scales 2.5-5 mm in length; bottom floral scales 3-5 mm in length, lanceolate, rough towards the top, with awn 1.5-2.5 mm in length. Blossoms in June-July. Anemophilous. 2n=14.Distribution.
Occurs throughout Eastern Siberia, the Far East, Mongolia, and Northeastern China.Ecology.
Occurs on steppe stony slopes, among rocks, and among bushes.Use and economic value.
Fodder plant.Literature cited:
Kharkevich S.S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Soviet Far East. Vol. 1. The Science, 398 pages.Malyshev L.I., Peshkova G.A., eds. 1990. Flora of Siberia. Vol. 2. Poaceae (Gramineae.) Novosibirsk: Science, 361 pages.
Malyshev L.I., Peshkova G.A., eds. 1979. Flora of Central Siberia. Vol. 1. Onocleaceae-Saxifragaceae. Novosibirsk: Science, 431 pages.
Savkina Z.P., Andreeva T.V., Parilova V.T. 1982. Fodder cereals of flora of Yakutia in culture. Novosibirsk: Science, 86 pages.
Tzvelev N.N. 1976. Cereals of the USSR. Leningrad, Science, 788 pages.