familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Poeae
genusFestuca
subgenusFestuca subg. Festuca
sectionFestuca sect. Festuca
speciesFestuca viviparoidea
subspeciesFestuca viviparoidea subsp. krajinae
Festuca viviparoidea subsp. krajinae
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 437.
Plants loosely cespitose. Culms usually glabrous and smooth throughout, rarely sparsely puberulent near the inflorescence. Sheaths brownish, slowly shredding into fibers; abaxial sclerenchyma strands about as wide as the adjacent veins, less than 2 times as wide as high. Glumes and lemmas puberulent throughout or only near the apices. 2n = 56.
Discussion
Festuca viviparoidea subsp. krajinae grows in alpine sites of the western cordillera, from southern Alaska and the Yukon Territory through British Columbia to southwestern Alberta.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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