Festuca tatrae

Description

HABIT Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Basal innovations intravaginal. Culms 20-45 cm long. Leaf-sheaths tubular for much of their length; with 0.5-0.66 of their length closed; with infolded margins; glabrous on surface. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 0.5 mm long. Leaf-blades conduplicate; 0.7-0.9 mm wide. Leaf-blade venation comprising 5-9 vascular bundles; with 7-11 inner ridges; with sclerenchyma strands below veins; with 7-9 subepidermal sclerenchyma strands; with subepidermal sclerenchyma attached to veins below. Leaf-blade surface ribbed; smooth.