Details for: W6 31016, Festuca longifolia Thuill., 'Aurora II'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca longifolia Thuill.
Cultivar:
'Aurora II'
Origin:
Donated – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
2007
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Availability
This accession is not available. Contact site for status.
Email Paul.Galewski@usda.gov for seed requests of Grass Standard Checks Phone: 509-335-3771

This accession is a Turfgrass Breeders Association (TBA) PVP Standard Check Variety. The seed of these standards is furnished by the TBA and housed and distributed at the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station to insure all members use the same seed lot for morphological comparison trials. Approximately 5 g of large seeded species, such as Tall Fescue, and 2.5 g of small seeded species, such as Bentgrass, are available.
  
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Festuca longifolia Thuill.
Cultivar:
'Aurora II'
Origin:
Donated – Oregon, United States
Received by NPGS:
2007
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Donated
2007.
Oregon, United States

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

W6 31016
Type: Site identifier
Group: W6
Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers
USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative
This accession is a Turfgrass Breeders Association PVP Standard Check Variety for use in space-planted morphological comparison trials. Contact Dr. Paul Galewski to receive the Standard Check order form.
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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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
SUBSETStandard ChecksGrass standard checksAurora II GRASS.STANDARD.CHECKSW6 31016 PVPS SDNot Available