Scientific name:
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Festuca pratensis Huds. |
Family name latin:
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Poaceae |
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| Description: |
Up to 1 m high meadow-grass with a usually short creeping basilar axis; perennial; inflorescence up to 20 cm long; flowering season: V - VI; rich fodder;
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| Occurence: |
Common and frequent, especially in fertile meadows;
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| Related species: |
There are more than three dozen species of festuca, populating nearly all biotopes from the plains to Alpine regions. The flowering season reaches from May to September.
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| Allergy trigger: |
Pollen, approx. 30 µm;
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| Invasions path: |
Inhalative (May - June);
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| Synonyms: |
Festuca elatior L.;
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| Allergology: |
Due to its frequency it belongs to the most important grass pollen allergens;
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| Immunology: |
Primary allergen: fes e I;
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| Clinical relevance: |
heavy
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| Cross reactivities: |
Occurrence possible- Cocksfoot
- Johnson grass (Sudan grass)
- Vernal grass, scented
- Reed, common
- Blue grass, (Kentucky)
- Timothy
- Rye-grass
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