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Festuca
argentina
(Speg.) Parodi
Published In:
Physis. Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales 11: 498. 1935. (
Physis (Buenos Aires)
)
Project Name Data
(Last Modified On 3/3/2017)
Acceptance :
Accepted
Project Data
(Last Modified On 8/15/2017)
GROWTH: Lifespan:
Perennial
Life form:
Herbaceous
Plant habit:
Erect, Tufted
Stem consistency:
Firm
Stem height (cm):
40 to 100
Floral and plant sex:
Hermaphroditic/bisexual flowers
Inflorescence type:
Panicle
Inflorescence position:
Terminal
POACEAE Panicle length (cm):
7 to 15
POACEAE Spikelet density:
Contiguous
POACEAE Spikelet length (mm):
10 to 15
POACEAE Number of spikelets (comprising fertile florets):
4 to 7
POACEAE Fruiting spikelets (abscission) [mandatory]:
Breaking up at maturity
POACEAE Fruiting Spikelets (secondary abscission):
Without secondary abscission
TOXICITY: Toxicity:
Animal
Details: Toxicity:
May cause livestock toxicity; in the better-known F. arundinacea, toxicity is due to fungal endophytes commonly reported to be present in the seed (Wagstaff, 2008).
References:
Clayton, W. D., M. S. Vorontsova, K. T. Harman & C. S. Williamson. 2002 +. GrassBase - World Grass Species: Descriptions, Identification, and Information Retrieval.
Wagstaff. 2008. Int. Poisonous Pl. Checkl. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
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