Festuca carnuntina, Tracey

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 : 152

160. F. carnuntina Tracey , Pl. Syst. Evol. 128; 289 (1977).

Densely caespitose. Stems 15-23 cm, scabrid above. Leaves (0-4-)0-7-l mm wide, strongly scabrid, tomentose especially at the base, glaucous; veins 5; sclerenchyma-strands 3, very stout, rarely with small strands alternating; ribs 3; sheaths open to the base, densely tomentose. Panicle (2-)3—4- 5 cm, almost simple, the branches hairy. Spikelets 6-6-4 mm, with 3-4 florets, glaucous. Upper glume 3-l-3-4 x 1 - 3-1-6 mm, ovate-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, tomentose above. Lemma 4-2 x 2 mm, ovatelanceolate, rather shortly acuminate, tomentose; awn nearly £ as long as lemma. 2n = 42. Dry meadows on limestone. • E. Austria (Hainburger Berge, W. of Bratislava). Au.