Poaceae
Plains rough fescue
Festuca hallii
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Plains rough fescue
Synonyms
- Dalucum hallii (Vasey) Lunell
- Festuca altaica subsp. hallii (Vasey) V.L.Harms
- Festuca altaica subvar. hallii (Vasey) St.-Yves
- Festuca confinis subsp. rabiosa Piper
- Festuca kingii var. rabinosa (Piper) Hitchc.
- Festuca scabrella subsp. hallii (Vasey) W.A.Weber
- Hesperochloa kingii var. rabinosa (Piper) Swallen
- Hesperochloa kingii var. rabiosa (Piper) Swallen
- Melica hallii Vasey
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Phylojenie, 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.