Festuca rothmaleri, (Litard.) Markgr. - Dannenb.

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 : 142

76. F. rothmaleri (Litard.) Markgr.-Dannenb. , Bot. Jour. Linn. Soc. 76: 325 (1978)

( F. rubra var. rothmaleri Litard. ).

Laxly caespitose, with short creeping rhizomes; stems 35-50 cm. Leaves 0-6-0-75 mm wide, soft, smooth, with rather sparse, short hairs; veins 7-9; 3 stout sclerenchyma-strands, alternating with 4-5 very slender strands; ribs without sclerenchyma; sheaths closed to the mouth, glabrous, persistent or partially decaying into fibres; ligule of basal leaves indistinctly auriculate. Panicle 7-12-5 cm, the branches glabrous, patent. Spikelets c. 9-1 mm, green or pale violet. Upper glume 4-5-5 x 1-1-2 mm, subulate-lanceolate. Lemma 4-5-5 x 1-6-2 mm, lanceolate, acuminate; awn up to 2-5 mm. Ovary glabrous. Calcifuge. Mountains of Spain. Hs.