Poaceae
California fescue
Festuca californica
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- فستوكة كاليفورنية
- English
- California fescue
Synonyms
- Bromus kalmii var. aristulatus Torr.
- Festuca altaica var. aristulata (Torr.) St.-Yves
- Festuca altaica var. parishii (Piper) St.-Yves
- Festuca amethystina f. dasyphylla St.-Yves
- Festuca aristulata (Torr.) Piper
- Festuca aristulata subsp. parishii Piper
- Festuca aristulata var. aristulata
- Festuca aristulata var. parishii Piper
- Festuca californica subsp. californica
- Festuca californica subsp. hitchcockiana (E.B.Alexeev) Darbysh.
- Festuca californica subsp. parishii (Piper) Darbysh.
- Festuca californica var. californica
- Festuca californica var. parishii (Piper) Hitchc.
- Festuca hitchcockiana E.B.Alexeev
- Festuca parishii (Piper) Hitchc.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, 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.