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Spike fescue

Festuca kingii (S.Watson) Cassidy

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca

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Spike fescue: Leucopoa kingii = Festuca kingii in Butte County, Idaho, USA
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

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English
Spike fescue

Synonyms

  • Festuca confinis Vasey
  • Festuca confinis subsp. confinis
  • Festuca kingii var. kingii
  • Festuca watsonii Nash
  • Hesperochloa kingii (S.Watson) Rydb.
  • Hesperochloa kingii var. kingii
  • Leucopoa kingii (S.Watson) W.A.Weber
  • Poa kingii S.Watson
  • Wasatchia kingii (S.Watson) M.E.Jones

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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). About our plant data.