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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Festuca ovina var. elataName author: Drobow
Festuca ovina var. elatiorName author: Andersson
Festuca ovina var. firmulaceaName author: (Markgr.-Dann.) Stohr
Festuca ovina var. fissaName author: Vetter
Festuca ovina var. fontquerianaName author: St.-Yves
Festuca ovina var. glaucofirmulaName author: St.-Yves
Festuca ovina var. glaucoideaName author: Vetter
Festuca ovina var. guinochetiiName author: Bidault
Festuca ovina var. hibernicaName author: (Markgr.-Dann.) M.J.Wilk.
Festuca ovina var. hirtaName author: G.Mey.
Festuca ovina var. jumpeianaName author: Ohwi
Festuca ovina var. juncifoliaName author: Vetter
Festuca ovina var. kandavanicaName author: Vetter
Festuca ovina var. koreanoalpinaName author: Ohwi
Festuca ovina var. laevifoliaName author: (Hack.) Kozlowska
Festuca ovina var. litoralisName author: Tzvelev
Festuca ovina var. lividaName author: Schur
Festuca ovina var. malzeviiName author: Litv.
Festuca ovina var. marchandiiName author: Litard.
Festuca ovina var. maritimaName author: Dumort.
Festuca ovina var. maroccanaName author: St.-Yves
Festuca ovina var. maskerensisName author: Litard.
Festuca ovina var. montanaName author: Andersson
Festuca ovina var. nipponicaName author: Ohwi
Festuca ovina var. ovinaName author: Not supplied
Festuca ovina var. pseudogenuinaName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina var. pseudovariaName author: Volkart
Festuca ovina var. pubiculmisName author: Hack.
Festuca ovina var. purpusianaName author: St.-Yves
Festuca ovina var. rohlenaeName author: Krajina
Festuca ovina var. roridaName author: Wallr.
Festuca ovina var. ruprechtiiName author: Boiss.
Festuca ovina var. ruscinonensisName author: Litard.
Festuca ovina var. sennenianaName author: Litard.
Festuca ovina var. sulciferaName author: Ohwi
Festuca ovina var. sylvaticaName author: Andersson
Festuca ovina var. tateyamensisName author: Ohwi
Festuca ovina var. vulgarisName author: W.D.J.Koch
Festuca ovina var. weileriName author: Litard.
Festuca ovina var. weilleriName author: Litard.
Festuca ovina var. yarochenkoiName author: St.-Yves
Festuca pallens subvar. hibernicaName author: Markgr.-Dann.
Festuca paucifloraName author: Schleich.
Festuca pietrosiiName author: Zapał.
Festuca pratensisName author: Honck.
Festuca pumilaName author: Willk.
Festuca purpusianaName author: (St.-Yves) Tzvelev
Festuca rupicola var. sulcatiformisName author: (Markgr.-Dann.) Markgr.-Dann. ex Stohr
Festuca ruprechtiiName author: (Boiss.) V.I.Krecz. & Bobrov
Festuca sauvageiName author: Romo

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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