Festuca chrysophylla
{{Short description|Species of grass}}
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{{Speciesbox
| image = Festuca chrysophylla, Province de Sajama, Bolivie imported from iNaturalist photo 103466599.jpg
| genus = Festuca
| species = chrysophylla
| authority = 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
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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.{{cite web |title=Festuca chrysophylla Phil. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:103796-2#synonyms |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=POWO |access-date=20 May 2023}}
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.