Festuca amethystina subsp. amethystina

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 : 138-139

(a) Subsp. amethystina :

Stems 45-80 cm x 1-3-2-3 mm; extravaginal non-flowering shoots few. Leaves 0-25-0-6(-0-7) mm

wide, strongly scabrid; veins 5-7. Panicle 8-13 cm, dense. Spikelets 6-9-8-5 mm. Upper glume 3-4-2 x 0-9-1 - 1 mm, lanceo­ late, long-acuminate. Lemma 44-5-6 x 1 -7-2- 1 mm, ovate- lanceolate, acuminate; awn 0-0-2 mm. 2« = 14. On limestone. • Alps and C. Europe.