Festuca vasconcensis, (Markgr. - Dannenb.) Auquier & Kerguelen

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 : 150

152. F. vasconcensis (Markgr.-Dannenb.) Auquier & Kerguelen , Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 123: 320 (1976)

( F. ovina subsp. vasconcensis Markgr.-Dannenb. ).

Densely caespitose, sometimes with creeping rhizomes. Stems 24-50 cm, usually pubescent above. Leaves (0-4-)0-5~0-9(-l-2) mm wide, usually smooth, rarely pruinose, usually curved; veins 7(-9); sclerenchyma in a continuous ring; ribs 1(—3); sheaths closed in the lower W (-i)> whitish, glabrous or shortly hairy. Panicle 5-5-10-5 cm, often interrupted, the branches scabrid. Spikelets 6-9-8-1 mm, with 3-4(-6) florets, green or glaucous, sometimes violet-tinged. Upper glume 3-3-4-6x 1-1-7 mm, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate. Lemma 4-6-5-5 x 1-6-2 mm, oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate, narrowly scarious, glabrous or ciliate; awn 0-1-1-8 mm. 2/2 = 42. Maritime sands. • S.W. France and N.W. Spain. Ga Hs.