Unless indicated otherwise, the following attributes are implicit throughout the descriptions, except where the characters concerned are inapplicable.
Vegetative morphology. Plants bisexual. Plants with bases not purplish. Rhizomes absent. Culms internodes ridged or striped. Butt sheaths absent. Sheaths, of uppermost culm leaf not inflated. Collars glabrous. Auricular cilia absent. Ligules glabrous. Ligules membranous. Leaf blades margins smooth. Leaf blades apices not prow tipped.
Floral morphology. Inflorescences not nodding. Spikelets proliferating absent. Glumes similar. Glumes herbaceous. Lemmas subcoriaceous. Lemmas margins smooth. Lemmas apices entire. Lemmas apices awns present. Paleas equal or subequal to the lemmas.
Cite this publication as: ‘Xiang Chen, S.G. Aiken, and M.J. Dallwitz (2002 onwards). Festuca of China: Descriptions, Illustrations, Identification, and Information Retrieval. Version: 4th February 2003. http://www.cdelta.ibcas.ac.cn’.