Poaceae
Altai fescue
Festuca altaica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (7)
- Arabic
- فستوكة المرتفعات, فستوكة ألتية
- arz
- فستوكة المرتفعات
- Bulgarian
- Алтайска власатка
- Chinese
- 阿尔泰羊茅, 阿爾泰羊茅
- English
- Altai fescue, Rough fescue
- French
- Fétuque de l'Altaï, Fétuque scabre
- Russian
- Овсяница алтайская
Synonyms
- Festuca altaica f. altaica
- Festuca altaica f. pallida Jordal
- Festuca altaica f. vivipara Jordal
- Festuca altaica subsp. scabrella (Torr. ex Hook.) Hultén
- Festuca altaica var. altaica
- Festuca altaica var. scabrella (Torr. ex Hook.) Breitung
- Festuca duthiei Hack. ex Stapf
- Festuca scabrella Torr. ex Hook.
- Festuca scabrella subsp. scabrella
- Festuca scabrella var. scabrella
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kes M., CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jeffery M. Saarela, Paul C. Sokoloff, Roger D. Bull, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Louis Imbeau, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syd Cannings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Marc-Aurèle Vallée, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Syd Cannings, 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.