Festuca drakensbergensis, habit and inflorescence characteristics. A, B Whole plant C spikelet, lateral view D [from left to right] palea ventral view showing ovary, lemma dorsal view, upper glume dorsal view, lower glume lateral view E ovary apex, ventral view F caryopsis, dorsal view, with parts of torn palea and lemma at base. A, C, D, F of isotype S.P. Sylvester et al. 3660 (US) B of S.P. Sylvester et al. 3578 (US) E of S.P. Sylvester et al. 3687a (PRE).

 
 
  Part of: Sylvester SP, Soreng RJ, Sylvester MDPV, Clark VR (2020) Festuca drakensbergensis (Poaceae): A common new species in the F. caprina complex from the Drakensberg Mountain Centre of Floristic Endemism, southern Africa, with key and notes on taxa in the complex including the overlooked F. exaristata. PhytoKeys 162: 45-69. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.162.55550