Common name
Portuguese: Bracel, Bracés-do-mato, Bracéu
Portuguese: Bracel, Bracés-do-mato, Bracéu
Kingdom: Plantae (2654)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2567)
Class: Liliopsida (391)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (72)(family description)
Genus: Festuca (1)
Epithet: jubata Lowe (1)
Synonym: Festuca glauca Hochst.
glauca => greyish or bluish
jubata => with a loose and much branched tuft or panicle (juba, a mane)
Climate: temperate, sub-tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
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