Festuca alatavica

Festuca alatavica is a species in the grass family Poaceae. It was first described in 1934 by Alfred (Marie Augustine) Saint-Yves. It is native to Central Asia and West Himalaya. It is perennial and grows in temperate biomes.^[1]

Festuca alatavica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Festuca
Species:	F. alatavica
Binomial name
Festuca alatavica (St.-Yves) Roshev.[1]

Characteristics

This species is accepted and is heavily tufted and shortly rhizomatous, the culms of this species are about 80–90 centimetres (31–35 in) tall, stem blades are about 2–4 centimetres (0.79–1.57 in) long, and florets grow about 4–6 centimetres (1.6–2.4 in) tall.^[2]