Festuca muralisKunth

WFO wfo-0000871085 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 3 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 3 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Festuca muralis, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. a Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / 2020-10-06 / obs. 99017808
Festuca muralis, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. b Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94431708
Festuca muralis, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. c Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99017802
Festuca muralis, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. d Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94431717
Festuca muralis, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. e Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99017807
Festuca muralis, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. f Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 94431733
Festuca muralis, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. g Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99307361
Festuca muralis, photographed by Thomas Mesaglio
fig. h Thomas Mesaglio, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 99307352

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Native range 24 botanical countries

Regions where Festuca muralis is native: Algeria, Azores, Canary Is., Libya, Madeira, Morocco, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Baleares, Corse, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Türkiye-in-Europe AlgeriaLibyaMoroccoCyprusEast Aegean Is.Lebanon-SyriaPalestineSaudi ArabiaTürkiyeCorseFranceGreeceHungaryItalyNW. Balkan Pen.PortugalSiciliaSpainTürkiye-in-Europe AzoresCanary Is.MadeiraBalearesSardegna
Native distribution of Festuca muralis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Baleares BAL EUROPE
Corse COR
France FRA
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Portugal POR
Sardegna SAR
Sicilia SIC
Spain SPA
Türkiye-in-Europe TUE
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Azores AZO
Canary Is. CNY
Libya LBY
Madeira MDR
Morocco MOR
Cyprus CYP ASIA-TEMPERATE
East Aegean Is. EAI
Lebanon-Syria LBS
Palestine PAL
Saudi Arabia SAU
Türkiye TUR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 30 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Festuca bromoides var. broteroi (Boiss. & Reut.) Henriq.
  • Festuca broteri (Boiss. & Reut.) Steud.
  • Festuca dertonensis var. broteri (Boiss. & Reut.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Festuca dertonensis var. broteroi (Boiss. & Reut.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Festuca dertonensis var. tenella (Boiss.) Briq.
  • Festuca hybrida Brot.
  • Festuca muralis var. pygmaea Macloskie
  • Festuca myuros var. broteroi (Boiss. & Reut.) Ball
  • Festuca myuros var. muralis (Kunth) Speg.
  • Festuca myuros var. tenella Boiss.
  • Festuca sciuroides var. microstachya (Hack.) Trab.
  • Vulpia bromoides subsp. broteroi (Boiss. & Reut.) A.Bolòs
  • Vulpia bromoides var. hybrida (Brot.) A.Fern., J.G.García & R.Fern.
  • Vulpia broteri Boiss. & Reut.
  • Vulpia dertonensis var. broteri (Boiss. & Reut.) Hegi
  • Vulpia dertonensis var. broteroi (Boiss. & Reut.) Hegi
  • Vulpia dertonensis var. longearistata (Willk. ex Husn.) Azn.
  • Vulpia hybrida (Brot.) Pau
  • Vulpia longiseta var. hybrida (Brot.) Cout.
  • Vulpia muralis (Kunth) Nees
  • Vulpia muralis var. spicata Franco & Rocha Afonso
  • Vulpia myuros prol. broteroi (Boiss. & Reut.) Rouy
  • Vulpia myuros subsp. longiaristata Cif. & Giacom.
  • Vulpia myuros subsp. tenella (Boiss.) Maire & Weiller

and 6 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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