Festuca valesiaca

{{Short description|Species of grass}}

{{Speciesbox

|image = Festuca valesiaca1.JPG

|genus = Festuca

|species = valesiaca

|authority = Schleich. ex Gaudin

|synonyms = {{Species list

|hidden=yes

|Festuca pannonica|Wulfen

|Sesleria valesiaca|P.Beauv. ex Steud.

|Festuca duriuscula var. valesiaca|(Schleich. ex Gaudin) Bluff & Fingerh.

|Festuca duriuscula var. hirsuta|Gaudin

|Festuca communis var. valesiaca|(Schleich. ex Gaudin) Petif

|Festuca ovina var. hirsuta|(Gaudin) Link

|Festuca ovina var. valesiaca|(Schleich. ex Gaudin) Link

|Festuca glauca var. filiformis|Kirschl.

|Festuca pallens var. valesiaca|(Schleich. ex Gaudin) Opiz

|Festuca ovina var. glaucescens|Kirschl.

|Festuca ovina var. pannonica|(Wulfen) Alef.

|Festuca duriuscula var. parviflora|Hack.

|Festuca ovina subvar. hirsuta|(Gaudin) Hack.

|Festuca sulcata subsp. valesiaca|(Schleich. ex Gaudin) Nyman

|Festuca sulcata var. valesiaca|(Schleich. ex Gaudin) Hervier

|Festuca sulcata var. wagneri|Degen, Thaisz & Flatt.

|Festuca ovina subsp. valesiaca|(Schleich. ex Gaudin) Rouy

|Festuca valesiaca f. banatica|Degen

|Festuca biformis|J.Vetter

|Festuca reptans|J.Vetter

|Festuca calcigena|J.Vetter

|Festuca diluta|J.Vetter

|Festuca firma|J.Vetter

|Festuca interjecta|J.Vetter

|Festuca saxicola|Vetter

|Festuca ronnigeri|J.Vetter

|Festuca sulcata var. valesiaca|P.Fourn.

|Festuca valesiaca f. arida|Reverd.

|Festuca valesiaca f. crassifolia|Reverd.

|Festuca valesiaca f. densiuscula|Reverd.

|Festuca valesiaca var. strictifolia|Krajina

|Festuca duriuscula subsp. valesiaca|(Schleich. ex Gaudin) P.Fourn.

|Festuca kirghisorum|Kaschenko

|Festuca glauca var. pannonica|(Wulfen) Soó

|Festuca squamulosa|Ovcz. & Shibkova

|Festuca sulcata f. subrupicola|Nyár.

|Festuca meredisensis|A.Nyár.

|Festuca valesiaca subf. craiovensis|Buia & A.Nyár.

|Festuca valesiaca subf. hirtula|A.Nyár.

|Festuca valesiaca subf. longifolia|Ravarut ex A.Nyár.

|Festuca valesiaca subf. viridis|A.Nyár.

|Festuca rupicola subsp. kirghisorum|Tzvelev

|Festuca meredisensis f. subrupicola|(Nyár.) Soó

|Festuca rupicola f. hirsuta|(Gaudin) Beldie

|Festuca valesiaca f. craiovensis|(Buia & A.Nyár.) Beldie

|Festuca valesiaca f. longifolia|(Ravarut ex A.Nyár.) Beldie

|Festuca valesiaca f. hirtula|(A.Nyár.) Beldie

|Festuca valesiaca f. viridis|(A.Nyár.) Beldie

|Festuca rupicola var. hirsuta|(Gaudin) Tzvelev

|Festuca valesiaca var. banatica|(Degen) Beldie

|Festuca pallens subsp. pannonica|(Wulfen ex Host) Soó

|Festuca valesiaca var. hirsuta|(Gaudin) E.B.Alexeev

|Festuca valesiaca subsp. kirghisorum|(Tzvelev) Tzvelev

|Festuca kirghisorum|(Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev

|Festuca rupicola var. hirsuta|(Gaudin) Tzvelev}}

|synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=403693-1 |title=Festuca valesiaca Schleich. ex Gaudin |access-date=24 November 2024}}

}}

Festuca valesiaca, the Volga fescue, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia. It was introduced to North America when it was deliberately planted.Darbyshire, S. J. and L. E. Pavlick. (2007). [http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Festuca_valesiaca&type=treatment Festuca valesiaca.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052432/http://herbarium.usu.edu/webmanual/info2.asp?name=Festuca_valesiaca&type=treatment |date=2016-03-04 }} In Barkworth, et al. (Eds.), Flora of North America vol. 25. There it can be found in such US states as Arizona, Kansas, Montana, Vermont and Wyoming.{{cite web|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=FEVA2|title=Festuca valesiaca Schleich. ex Gaudin|publisher=PLANTS Profile|work=USDA|access-date=May 24, 2013}}