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Festuca nigrescens Lam.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca

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Festuca nigrescens: (nl: Gewoon roodzwenkgras) Festuca rubra var. commutata;
Photo: Rasbak, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (6)
Bulgarian
Черна власатка
Czech
Kostřava červená načernalá
Estonian
Tõmmu aruhein
Finnish
Puistonata
German
Horst-Rot-Schwingel, Horst-Schwingel, Schwärzlicher Rot-Schwingel
hsb
Ćěmna dornica

Synonyms

  • Festuca amethystea Pourr. ex Nyman
  • Festuca cambrica Huds.
  • Festuca denudata Dumort.
  • Festuca fallax var. longifolia Zapał.
  • Festuca fallax var. nigrescens (Lam.) Beck
  • Festuca heterophylla var. alpina Godr.
  • Festuca heterophylla var. nigrescens (Lam.) Griseb. ex Ledeb.
  • Festuca microphylla (St.-Yves) Patzke
  • Festuca nigrescens subsp. microphylla (St.-Yves) Markgr.-Dann.
  • Festuca nigrescens var. heterophylla (Nyár.) Soó
  • Festuca nigrescens var. pubescens Monnard
  • Festuca rubra f. heterophylla Nyár.
  • Festuca rubra f. longifolia (Zapał.) Soó
  • Festuca rubra subsp. caespitosa Hack.
  • Festuca rubra subsp. microphylla (St.-Yves) Markgr.-Dann.
  • Festuca rubra subsp. microphylla St.-Yves
  • Festuca rubra var. denudata (Dumort.) Lej.
  • Festuca rubra var. microphylla (St.-Yves) Liou
  • Festuca rubra var. nigrescens (Lam.) Lam.
  • Festuca versicolor J.Presl ex Kunth
  • Schedonorus nigrescens (Lam.) P.Beauv.

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.