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 Hungary and the Balkan Peninsula according to the distribution information provided by The Euro+Med Plantbase (Foggi & Müller, 2009+) and the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).
Habitat: Open habitats – pastures. Recorded at c. 1500 m altitude (Ponikva region).
Flowering period: Spring – early summer: MAY, JUN.
Festuca dalmatica– habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– habit. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– panicle. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– panicle. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– panicle. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– panicle. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– panicle. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– spikelets. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– stems and cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– stems and cauline leaves. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– leaves of vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– leaf lamina of vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– leaves of vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– leaves of vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– leaf sheaths of vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– leaf sheaths of vegetative shoots. Osogovo – Ponikva, 22.06.2025. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– habit. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– panicles. Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– spikelets. l- lemma; aw – awn of lemma; pa- palea; s-stigma of ovary; lg- lower glume; ug- upper glume; p-pedicel. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– elements of spikelets under magnification. l- lemma; kl-keel of lemma; aw – awn of lemma; pa- palea; o- ovary; ca – callus. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– stem and leaf (up) and leaf sheath with ligule (down). Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– vegetative intravaginal shoots (left and center); sheaths of leaves of vegetative shoots. Scale in mm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– leaves of vegetative shoots: leaf lamina (left) and leaf sheaths (right). Scale in cm. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– cross section of leaf of vegetative shoot. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– cross section of leaf of vegetative shoot. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– cross section of leaf of vegetative shoot. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.Festuca dalmatica– cross section of leaf of vegetative shoot. 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.
