Festuca valesiaca
Meşe Yumağı, Valais Fescue
Other regional names: Volga Fescue
- Volga Fescue
Also known as: Festuca biformis J.Vetter +18 more
- Festuca biformis J.Vetter
- Festuca calcigena J.Vetter
- Festuca communis var. valesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Petif
- Festuca craiovensis Buia & A.Nyár.
- Festuca diluta J.Vetter
- Festuca duriuscula subsp. valesiaca (Gaudich.) E.Fourn.
- Festuca duriuscula subsp. valesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) P.Fourn.
- Festuca duriuscula var. parviflora Hack.
- Festuca duriuscula var. valesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Bluff & Fingerh.
- Festuca duriuscula var. valesiaca Mutel, 1837
- Festuca duriuscula var. vallesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Celak.
- Festuca firma J.Vetter
- Festuca glauca var. filiformis Kirschl.
- Festuca glauca var. pannonica (Wulfen) Soó
- Festuca inamoena Gand., 1891
- Festuca interjecta J.Vetter
- Festuca kirghisorum (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
- Festuca kirghisorum Kaschenko
- Festuca legitima Gand., 1891
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Poaceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a perennial.
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Festuca valesiaca (commonly known as Meşe yumağı or Valais fescue) is a grass belonging to the Poaceae family. Indigenous to Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, and Europe, this species is primarily associated with temperate conditions. It is part of the broad Festuca genus, encompassing over 650 species globally.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Grass
Plant Type
Herbaceous Perennial
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caucasus, China, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Middle Asia, Middle Europe, Mongolia, Siberia, Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Europe, Western Asia
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Altay, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, Czechoslovakia, East European Russia, East Himalaya, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizistan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Poland, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russia, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced Range
An “Introduced” distribution indicates that the plant is recorded outside its native range in that region as a result of deliberate or accidental human introduction. Introduced records may include casual, naturalized or invasive populations, but do not include plants that are only cultivated or planted without self-sustaining populations.
Botanical Countries (Non-Native)
Arizona, Kansas, Montana, Primorye, Vermont, Wyoming