Poaceae
Field fescue
Festuca arvernensis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Field fescue
- French
- Fétuque d'Auvergne
Synonyms
- Festuca cinerea var. glauca Stohr
- Festuca glauca Lam.
- Festuca glauca var. donacella Wallr.
- Festuca glauca var. juncea Wallr.
- Festuca involuta Moench ex Roem. & Schult.
- Festuca ovina subsp. glauca (Vill.) O.Bolòs & Vigo
- Festuca ovina var. glauca (P.Beauv.) G.Mey.
- Schedonorus glaucus P.Beauv.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.