Taxonomy: Fam. Poaceae// Genus: Festuca// Species: Festuca ovina L.
Literature used for determination: the botanical keys provided by Gajić in Josifović (1976) and Markgraf-Dannenberg in Tutin et al. (1980).
Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.
Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia, Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Habitat: Hill pastures.
Flowering period: Spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.
Festuca ovina– habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– habit. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– panicles. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– panicles. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– panicles. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– panicles. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– panicle. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– panicle branches with spikelets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– panicle branches with spikelets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– panicle branches with spikelets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– axis of panicle and branch with spikelets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– spikelets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– spikelets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– spikelets. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– stems. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– stem, leaf sheath and leaf lamina. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– lower part of stems and vegetative shoots . Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– lower part of stems and vegetative shoots . Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– vegetative shoots . Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– vegetative shoots . Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– leaves of vegetative shoots . Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– leaves of vegetative shoots . Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– leaves of vegetative shoots . Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– leaves of vegetative shoots . Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– old leaf sheaths. Osogovo – village of Beli region, 07.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– habit. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– habit. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– habit. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– panicles. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– spikelets (left) and glumes (right). Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– spikelets elements: a-awn of lemma, i- lemma, lg- lower glume, ug – upper glume, p -pedicel. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– Left: stems with leaves. Scale in cm. Right: stem and leaf. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– vegetative shoots. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– leaf lamina of vegetative shoots(right), leaf sheaths of vegetative shoots (center and right). Scale in mm. Vegetative shoots are intravaginal. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– tip of leaves of vegetative shoots. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– cross section of leaf lamina of vegetative shoot. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– cross section of leaf lamina of vegetative shoot. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– left: ligule with auricles; center: ligule without auricles; right: leaf sheath. ll= leaf lamina; lg- ligule; a – auricles of ligule; ls- leaf sheath. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca ovina– lower part of stems, old leaf sheaths and intravaginal shoots. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
References:
Festuca L. Markgraf-Dannenberg, I. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1980). Flora Europaea. Volume 5: Alismataceae to Orchidaceae (Monocotyledones). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 125 – 153.
