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Arizona fescue

Festuca arizonica Vasey

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca

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Arizona fescue: Festuca arizonica on Escudilla Mountain along the trail to the fire lookount, 33.936 -109.111, Apache County, Arizona, 3 Aug 2013.
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (3)
Arabic
فستوكة أريزونية
English
Arizona fescue
nv
Tsinyaa tłʼoh yilzólí

Synonyms

  • Festuca altaica subsp. arizonica (Vasey) St.-Yves
  • Festuca ovina var. arizonica Hack.
  • Festuca pinetorum Swallen
  • Festuca scabrella var. asperrima Hack. ex Beal
  • Festuca scabrella var. vaseyana Hack. ex Beal
  • Festuca vaseyana Hack. ex Beal

Flowers

Flower colour
yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

Photos

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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.