Poaceae
Fineleaf sheep fescue
Festuca filiformis
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- فستوكة رقيقة الأوراق
- Belarusian
- Аўсяніца танкалістая
- Chinese
- 细弱羊茅
- Czech
- Kostřava vláskovitá
- Dutch
- Fijn schapengras
- English
- Fineleaf sheep fescue
- Finnish
- Hapsinata
- French
- Fétuque capillaire, Fétuque à feuilles ténues
- German
- Haar-Schwingel
- Latvian
- Smalklapu auzene
- Polish
- Kostrzewa nitkowata
- Swedish
- Finsvingel
- Welsh
- Peiswellt meinddail
Synonyms
- Festuca capillata var. hirtula (Hack. ex Travis) Howarth
- Festuca filiformis f. mucronata (Auquier) Kerguélen & Plonka
- Festuca filiformis subsp. hirtula (Hack. ex Travis) Kerguélen
- Festuca mutica (Retz.) Wulfen
- Festuca ovina f. arenaria Beck
- Festuca ovina f. arenaria Junge
- Festuca ovina f. frisia Asch. & Graebn.
- Festuca ovina subsp. tenuifolia (Sibth.) Čelak.
- Festuca ovina subvar. hispidula Hack.
- Festuca ovina var. frisia Asch. & Graebn.
- Festuca ovina var. hispidula (Hack.) Tzvelev
- Festuca ovina var. mutica Retz.
- Festuca ovina var. paludosa (Gaudin) Steud.
- Festuca ovina var. tenuifolia (Sibth.) Roem. & Schult.
- Festuca paludosa Gaudin
- Festuca tenuifolia Sibth.
- Festuca tenuifolia f. arenaria (Junge) Soó
- Festuca tenuifolia f. frisia (Asch. & Graebn.) Soó
- Festuca tenuifolia f. glabrispicula Auquier
- Festuca tenuifolia f. mucronata Auquier
- Festuca tenuifolia var. paludosa (Gaudin) Ducommun
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, St. Pierre and Miquelon: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Alice Shanks, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: bobkennedy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michel Langeveld, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacques Maréchal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: arthur_haendler, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Liliane ROUBAUDI, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Chérif-Jacques Allali, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Liliane ROUBAUDI, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: 🌴Anxo🌿, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Liliane ROUBAUDI, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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.