Festuca dumetorum Linnaeus, Species Plantarum, ed. 2, 1: 109. 1762.

"Habitat in Hispania." RCN: 617.

Lectotype (Howarth in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 46: 326. 1923): Herb. Linn. No. 92.7 (LINN) .

Current name: Festuca rubra L. agg. ( Poaceae).

Note: This name has been treated in a variety of ways, and by some as a nomen ambiguum. There may be grounds for making a formal proposal for rejection.