Poaceae
Festuca pallens
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (8)
- arz
- فيستوكا بالينز
- Czech
- Kostřava sivá
- Dutch
- Kalkzwenkgras
- German
- Bleicher Schwingel
- hsb
- Blěda dornica
- Hungarian
- Deres csenkesz
- Polish
- Kostrzewa blada
- Ukrainian
- Костриця блідувата
Synonyms
- Festuca arduenna Dumort.
- Festuca cinerea f. longiaristata Rauschert
- Festuca cinerea subsp. pallens (Host) Stöhr
- Festuca communis var. glauca Petif
- Festuca duriuscula f. fratrensis Krajina
- Festuca duriuscula f. pubiculmis Hack. ex Rohlena
- Festuca duriuscula f. rachsturmensis Krajina
- Festuca duriuscula subvar. virens Krajina
- Festuca duriuscula var. pallens (Host) Krajina
- Festuca duriuscula var. sandomiriensis Zapał.
- Festuca glauca f. barbata Hack.
- Festuca glauca f. borhidiana Soó
- Festuca glauca f. elongata Hack.
- Festuca glauca f. hirsuta Heuff.
- Festuca glauca f. scabens Beck
- Festuca glauca f. virens (Krajina) Soó
- Festuca glauca subsp. pallens K.Richt.
- Festuca glauca var. arduenna (Dumort.) Mathieu
- Festuca glauca var. hirsuta Heuff.
- Festuca glauca var. major Hagenb.
- Festuca glauca var. pallens (Host) K.Richt.
- Festuca glauca var. rigurosa (Schur) Soó
- Festuca glauca var. rupicola Schur
- Festuca glauca var. scabens Beck
- Festuca glauca var. umbrosa Heuff.
- Festuca ovina f. glabrispicula St.-Yves
- Festuca ovina f. sandomiriensis (Soó) St.-Yves
- Festuca ovina var. pallens (Host) Chenevard
- Festuca pallens f. barbata (Hack.) Soó
- Festuca pallens f. borhidiana (Soó) Soó
- Festuca pallens f. elongata (Hack.) Soó
- Festuca pallens f. fatrensis (Krajina) Soó
- Festuca pallens f. glabrispicula (St.-Yves) Soó
- Festuca pallens f. hirsuta (Heuff.) Soó
- Festuca pallens f. longiaristata (Rauschert) Soó
- Festuca pallens f. polonica Soó
- Festuca pallens f. rachsturmensis (Krajina) Soó
- Festuca pallens f. scabens (Beck) Soó
- Festuca pallens f. virens (Krajina) Soó
- Festuca pallens subsp. scabrifolia (Hack. ex Rohlena) Zielonk.
and 6 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Vladimír Fuka, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Christoph Moning, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.