Poaceae

Tufted fescue

Festuca airoides Lam.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Festuca

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Tufted fescue (Festuca airoides) — FruitPhoto: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Arabic: فستوكة هوائية, فستوكة مستلقية, فستوكة مقلوبة
Bulgarian: Бролова власатка
Czech: Kostřava nízká
English: Tufted fescue

Synonyms

Festuca duriuscula var. alpestris Godr.
Festuca duriuscula var. alpina Wimm. & Grab.
Festuca montis-aurei Delarbre
Festuca ovina subsp. airoides (Lam.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
Festuca ovina subsp. supina (Schur) Piper & Beattie
Festuca ovina subsp. supina (Schur) Schinz ex R.Keller
Festuca ovina subvar. grandiflora Hack.
Festuca ovina var. grandiflora (Hack.) Schinz & R.Keller
Festuca ovina var. sudetica Kitt.
Festuca ovina var. supina (Schur) Hack.
Festuca supina Schur
Gnomonia ovina var. supina (Schur) Lunell

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid
Lifespan: Perennial

Photos

FruitPhoto: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Milan Chytrý, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Olivier Argagnon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Flavien Saboureau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.