ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Festuca ovina

Name author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)

A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Festuca
Species: Festuca ovina
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1753

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Festuca ovina. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

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Avena ovinaName author: Salisb.
Bromus ovinusName author: (L.) Scop.
Festuca agrestisName author: Wulfen ex Steud.
Festuca baumgartenianaName author: Schur
Festuca capillarisName author: Wulfen
Festuca centroapenninicaName author: (Markgr.-Dann.) Foggi, F.Conti & Pignatti
Festuca chiisanensisName author: (Ohwi) E.B.Alexeev
Festuca cinerea var. scabrifoliaName author: (Hack.) M.Toman
Festuca diffusaName author: V.N.Vassil.
Festuca duriuscula var. graciliorName author: (Hack.) Bidault
Festuca eskiaName author: Lej.
Festuca filifoliaName author: Link
Festuca fontquerianaName author: (St.-Yves) Romo
Festuca glauca var. exiliorName author: (St.-Yves) Bidault
Festuca glauca var. firmuloidesName author: (St.-Yves) Bidault
Festuca glauca var. hallerioidesName author: Schur
Festuca glauca var. scabrifoliaName author: Hack.
Festuca glaucanthaName author: Blocki
Festuca glaucoideaName author: (J.Vetter) E.B.Alexeev
Festuca guestphalicaName author: Boenn. ex Rchb.
Festuca guinochetiiName author: (Bidault) S.Arndt
Festuca hallerioidesName author: Schur
Festuca heterophyllaName author: Wahlenb.
Festuca jumpeianaName author: (Ohwi) Kitag.
Festuca laevis var. ruprechtiiName author: (Boiss.) B.Fedtsch.
Festuca lasianthaName author: Schur
Festuca leucanthaName author: Schur
Festuca lividaName author: Schur
Festuca malzeviiName author: (Litv.) Reverd.
Festuca mariettanaName author: E.B.Alexeev
Festuca maskerensisName author: (Litard.) Romo
Festuca multifloraName author: Suter
Festuca nigraName author: Gilib.
Festuca oligosanthaName author: Schur
Festuca ovina f. aculeolataName author: Soó
Festuca ovina f. breviaristataName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina f. breviculmisName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina f. ciliolataName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina f. communisName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina f. exiliorName author: St.-Yves
Festuca ovina f. firmuloidesName author: St.-Yves
Festuca ovina f. flaccidaName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina f. flavidaName author: Scoggan
Festuca ovina f. glabraName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina f. glaucoidesName author: St.-Yves
Festuca ovina f. longiaristataName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina f. longiaristataName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina f. morrisonensisName author: Hayata
Festuca ovina f. multifloraName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina f. nitidaName author: Beldie

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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