Poaceae
Variousleaf fescue
Festuca heterophylla
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- فستوكة متباينة الأوراق
- arz
- فستوكه متباينة الاوراق
- Bulgarian
- Разнолистна власатка
- Czech
- Kostřava různolistá
- Dutch
- Draadzwenkgras
- English
- Variousleaf fescue
- Finnish
- Varjonata
- German
- Verschiedenblättriger Schwingel
- hsb
- Šwižna dornica
- Polish
- Kostrzewa różnolistna
- Swedish
- Skuggsvingel
- Welsh
- Peiswellt amryddail
Synonyms
- Festuca citardae Lojac.
- Festuca communis var. heterophylla (Lam.) Petif
- Festuca duriuscula var. heterophylla (Lam.) St.-Amans
- Festuca heterophylla f. leiophylla (Hack.) Beldie
- Festuca heterophylla subsp. braun-blanquetii Fuente, Ortúñez & Ferrero Lom.
- Festuca heterophylla var. erecta Peterm.
- Festuca heterophylla var. homophylla Schur
- Festuca heterophylla var. hostii Duby
- Festuca heterophylla var. lamarckii Duby
- Festuca heterophylla var. laxa Neilr.
- Festuca heterophylla var. leiophylla (Hack.) K.Richt.
- Festuca heterophylla var. major Merino
- Festuca heterophylla var. nutans Peterm.
- Festuca heterophylla var. puberula Parl.
- Festuca heterophylla var. robusta Erdner
- Festuca heterophylla var. sordida Schur
- Festuca heterophylla var. vulpioides (Hack.) Nyman
- Festuca heterophylla var. weighartii Podp.
- Festuca nemorosa Latourr.
- Festuca nemorum Leyss.
- Festuca nemorum var. villosum Klett & Richt.
- Festuca rubra subsp. heterophylla (Lam.) Hack.
- Festuca rubra subsp. nemorum (Leyss.) Schübl. & G.Martens
- Festuca rubra subvar. leiophylla Hack.
- Festuca rubra subvar. vulpioides Hack.
- Festuca rubra var. heterophylla (Lam.) Mutel
- Festuca rubra var. leiophylla Hack.
- Festuca rubra var. subheterophylla Nyár.
- Festuca transsilvanica Schur
- Festuca vulpioides Schur
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
LeavesPhoto: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Paolo Zucca, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KP Laer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Patrick Hacker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: athoszanarini5, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Mathieu MENAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Vivie64, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Christian Berg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Mathieu MENAND, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Gregory Brouilliard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
More in Festuca
- Red fescueFestuca rubraPoaceae
- Sheep fescueFestuca ovinaPoaceae
- Festuca altissimaPoaceae
- Rat's-tail fescueFestuca myurosPoaceae
- Volga fescueFestuca valesiacaPoaceae
- Tufted fescueFestuca amethystinaPoaceae
- Festuca glaucaPoaceae
- Brome fescueFestuca bromoidesPoaceae
- Fineleaf sheep fescueFestuca filiformisPoaceae
- Bearskin fescueFestuca gautieriPoaceae
- Festuca rupicolaPoaceae
- Festuca viviparaPoaceae
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.