Scientific name:
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Festuca rubra L. |
Family name latin:
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Poaceae |
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| Description: |
20 cm to 60 cm high, runner-forming, grassy meadow grasses with greenish to red ears and 1 mm to 2 mm long grains; perennial; leaves 3 mm wide at most; the base leaves in fact are bristly; flowering time: VI - VII; average fodder grass; eight minor species or subspecies have been described.
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| Occurence: |
Common in fields, poor soil, as well as pioneer grass an paths and forest clearings; Except for F. rubra L. (s. str.) all minor species are specialized for moors, high mountain regions or shore regions.
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| Related species: |
There are more than two dozen Festuca species which thrive in almost all biotops from the planes to the high mountain regions. The blooming period goes from May to September.
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| Invasions path: |
Inhalation (June – July);
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| Allergology: |
Because of its frequency, it belongs to the most important grass pollen allergen
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| Clinical relevance: |
middle
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| Cross reactivities: |
Occurrence possible- Rye-grass
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