Details for: PI 538247, Festuca longifolia Thuill., 'AURORA'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca longifolia Thuill.
Cultivar:
'AURORA'
Origin:
Developed – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
26 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
FormQuantityNoteInventoryCart
Seed200 countPI 538247 2006i SD
Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca longifolia Thuill.
Cultivar:
'AURORA'
Origin:
Developed – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
26 Feb 1990
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
26 February 1990.
Oregon, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'AURORA'
Type: Cultivar name

AEH-10
Type: Other or unclassified name

AEH-80
Type: Other or unclassified name

W6 4076
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
Turf-type cultivar with early maturity, good density, color, and seed yield production. Resistance to dollar spot (Sclerotinia homoeocarpa), red thread (Laitisaria fusicformis), leaf rust (Puccinia crandallii), pink snnow mold (Gerlachia hivalis) and leaf spot (Drechslera spp.). Recommended for turf use and reclamation projects in shade to full sun where little mowing is done.
Festuca longifolia Thuill.
Genus:
Festuca
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Loliinae
Nomen number:

16670
Place of publication:

Fl. env. Paris ed. 2:50. 1799
Comment:
  • non Festuca longifolia auct. pl. (= F. brevipila R. Tracey - "hard fescue")
  • non Festuca longifolia auct. nonn. (= F. lemanii T. Bastard)
Verified:
12/18/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishblue fescue  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
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Pedigree
Description:
Advanced synthetic cultivar tracing back to 17 powdery mildew (Erysiphe graminis) resistant plants from old turfs of the Northeastern U.S. and cultivars Biljart and Scaldis using 3 cycles of phenotypic recurrent selection.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-44, FESCUE. Issued: 01 Jul 1991.
  • Meyer, W. A., C. A. Rose-Fricker, & C. R. Funk. 1991. Aurora Hard Fescue. Crop Sci. (Madison) 31(4):1088. Note: CV-44

U.S. Plant Variety Protection
PVP 8600070
Variety: Aurora
Taxonomy: Festuca longifolia Thuill.
Experimental name/synonym: AHE10 or AHE-80
Crop: FESCUE, HARD
Applicant: Pure-Seed Testing, Inc.
Date filed: 02/10/1986
Date issued: 11/28/1986
Status: Certificate Expired
Status date: 11/28/2004

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYSeed weight 100Weight of 100 seeds in grams.0.092 GRASS.SEEDWEIGHT.WRPISPI 538247 2006i SD