Poaceae
Brome fescue
Festuca bromoides
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- برومويدات فولبيا, بروم فيسكو
- arz
- برومويد فولبيا
- Czech
- Mrvka sveřepovitá
- Danish
- Langstakket væselhale
- Dutch
- Eekhoorngras
- English
- Brome fescue, Squirreltail fescue
- Finnish
- Oravanhäntänata
- French
- Vulpie queue-décureuil
- German
- Trespen-Federschwingel
- hsb
- Wjewjerča dornička
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Ekornsvingel
- Polish
- Wulpia stokłosowata
- Swedish
- Ekorrsvingel
- Welsh
- Peisgwellt cynffon gwiwer
Synonyms
- Bromus ambiguus Cirillo
- Bromus dertonensis All.
- Distomomischus sciuroides (Roth) Dulac
- Distomomischus subuniglumis Dulac
- Festuca brachypoda Font Quer
- Festuca bromoides var. altior Laterr.
- Festuca bromoides var. ambigua (Cirillo) Guss.
- Festuca bromoides var. nana Parn.
- Festuca bromoides var. pseudomyuros Parn.
- Festuca bromoides var. sciuroides (Roth) DC.
- Festuca bromoides var. tenella Hook.f.
- Festuca commutata Scheele
- Festuca dertonensis (All.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Festuca dertonensis var. gracilis (Lange) Asch. & Graebn.
- Festuca dertonensis var. sciuroides (Roth) Briq.
- Festuca geniculata var. monandra Döll
- Festuca hordeiformis Wulfen ex Steud.
- Festuca myuros subsp. sciuroides (Roth) Rouy
- Festuca myuros var. bromoides (L.) Wimm. & Grab.
- Festuca myuros var. dertonensis (All.) Knoche
- Festuca myuros var. rothii Noulet
- Festuca myuros var. sciuroides (Roth) Coss. & Durieu
- Festuca onurus Willd. ex Spreng.
- Festuca panormitana Guss.
- Festuca pseudomyuros var. sciuroides (Roth) Légué
- Festuca sciuroides Roth
- Festuca sciuroides var. major St.-Amans
- Festuca willemetii Savi
- Lolium bromoides (L.) Huds.
- Mygalurus bromoides (L.) Link
- Mygalurus uniglumis Link
- Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray
- Vulpia bromoides f. gracilis (Lange) Soó
- Vulpia bromoides subsp. sciuroides (Roth) Dumort.
- Vulpia dertonensis (All.) Gola
- Vulpia dertonensis f. violacea Holmb.
- Vulpia exserta St.-Lag.
- Vulpia granulata Sennen
- Vulpia myuros subsp. sciuroides (Roth) Rouy
- Vulpia myuros var. dertonensis (All.) Fiori
and 6 more.
Photos
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mesa del Arbol de Carabanchel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alain Louis, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Luzho, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, 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). About our plant data.