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Corsica is a large island in the Mediterranean Sea, and is home to dozens of endemic species and subspecies of plants. [1] Although it is politically part of France , the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions treats Corsica as distinct botanical country.
Festuca (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of 10–200 cm (4–79 in) and a cosmopolitan distribution , occurring on every continent except Antarctica . [ 2 ]
Tall fescue is a long-lived tuft-forming perennial with erect to spreading hollow flowering stems up to about 165 cm (5'6") tall (exceptionally up to 200 cm) which are hairless (glabrous), including the leaf sheaths, but with a short (1.5 mm) ligule and slightly hairy (ciliate) pointed auricles that can wrap slightly around the stem.
The following species in the grass genus Festuca, the fescues, are accepted by Plants of the World Online as of 2024. [1] This genus together with the ryegrass genus Lolium form the Festuca–Lolium complex known for its frequent hybridization, and which is further complicated by the presence of a fine-leaved fescue clade within Festuca that appears to be sister to a clade consisting of Lolium ...
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The Azores are a group of islands in the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Iberian Peninsula.They are home to dozens of endemic species and subspecies of vascular plants. [1]
Festuca indigesta is a species of grass in the family Poaceae.It is native to Algeria, Corse, France, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, and Spain. It is perennial and mainly grows in temperate biomes. [1]
Festuca incurva is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, native from the Mediterranean to Central Asia and Pakistan. [1] When placed in the monotypic genus Psilurus as Psilurus incurvus , it was the only species.