Festuca chrysophylla

Festuca chrysophylla is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Peru, northwestern Argentina, and north central Chile. It grows in subalpine or subarctic biomes. It was first described in 1891.

Festuca chrysophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Festuca
Species:	F. chrysophylla
Binomial name
Festuca chrysophylla Phil.
Synonyms
Festuca deserticola var. chrysophylla (Phil.) St.-Yves Festuca deserticola var. juncea St.-Yves Festuca eriostoma Hack. Festuca juncea Phil. Festuca meyenii (St.-Yves) Festuca orthophylla Pilg. Festuca orthophylla var. boliviana Pilg. Festuca orthophylla subvar. boliviana (Pilg.) St.-Yves Festuca orthophylla var. eriostoma (Hack.) St.-Yves Festuca orthophylla subvar. glabrescens (Pilg.) St.-Yves Festuca orthophylla var. glabrescens Pilg. Festuca orthophylla var. meyenii St.-Yves

Description

Festuca chrysophylla is perennial and caespitose. Its culms are erect, and can grow up from 30 to 65 cm long. It is lacking of lateral branches. The leaf sheaths are glabrous on the surface. It's ligules is a ciliolate membrane, growing up from 0.3 to 0.5 mm long, and are bilobed. The leaf blades are filiform, conduplicate and can grow up from 7–40 cm long and 0.7–1 mm wide.