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Plains rough fescue

Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca

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Plains rough fescue: the leaves and flowering culm of a Festuca hallii plant in Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
Photo: Phylojenie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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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

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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.