RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:VascularPlants-)
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Festuca californica var. californica Vasey
Poaceae
S. J. Darbyshire (2005)
Robert A. Norris
4830
1985-03-18
United States, California, San Francisco, San Francisco County: Mt. Davidson.
37.73878098 -122.453331 +-571m. NAD27
Thu Dec 30 16:33:26 2010; georef from 2006-2015 archive backup file
244 meters
800ft.
Abundant, densely tufted perennial on open, stony, N-facing slope. Soil dark and rich but somwwhat clayey. Spikelets with dull hues; light green, light purple (sides of glumes), and darker purple (tips of lemmas). Blades flat to involute, a flat glaucescent green above, a darker shining green beneath. Culms and sheaths generally bridgt green, shading to straw-color or red-purple basally. Large clumps to ca. 3.5 feet tall. Associates worthy of mention were Vaccinium ovatum (low growth), Ranunculus californicus, Lathyrus vestitus ssp. bolanderi, Dentaria californica, Polypodium californicum, Arabis blepharophylla, and undet., still-sterile grasses.
flowers
herbarium sheet
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For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Mare Nazaire, Administrative Curator (mnazaire@calbg.org)
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Angiosperm Phenological Traits: Quality of a plant or portion of a plant that provides phenologically relevant information
Reproductive: At least one reproductive structure of any kind is present (flowers, flower buds, fruits)
Open Flower present: At least one open flower is present