Poaceae
Alaska fescue
Festuca brevissima
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Festuca brevissimaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Alaska fescue
Synonyms
- Festuca brachyphylla var. brevissima (Jurtzev) Kozhevn.
- Festuca brevissima f. pallida (Holmen) Fred.
- Festuca brevissima subsp. contracta Jurtzev
- Festuca jurtzevii Tzvelev
- Festuca ovina f. pallida Holmen
- Festuca ovina f. pallida Holeman
- Festuca ovina subsp. alascana Holmen
- Festuca ovina subsp. alaskana Holmen
- Festuca ovina var. alascana (Holmen) S.L.Welsh
- Festuca ovina var. alaskana (Holmen) S.L.Welsh
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
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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.