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Genus:
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FESTUCA
(
La
)
Fescue (
Le
)
Family:
POACEAE
festuca, = a stalk, stem or straw; a straw-like weed which grows among barley.
(
ld
)
Festuca scabra
(
La
)
Munniksgras (
PS
)
Location: (
F
,
K
,
P
)
scaber, scabrum, = rough, scurfy, scabrous; scabby, mangy, itchy.
scabredo, = roughness of the skin, scabbiness, itch, mange.
(scabrous, i.e. rough or gritty to the touch on account of numerous minute projections)
(
ld
,
BL
)