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Gravel fescue

Festuca lachenalii (C.C.Gmel.) Spenn.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Festuca

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Common names

By language (6)
Bulgarian
Тънък микропирум
Dutch
Grindstijfgras
English
Gravel fescue
French
Catapode des graviers
German
Kies Steifgras, Kies-Dünnschwingel
Spanish
Grama de las peñas

Synonyms

  • Agropyron halleri (Viv.) Rchb.
  • Agropyron poa (Lam. & DC.) Chevall.
  • Agropyron tenuiculum (Loisel.) Steud.
  • Brachypodium festucoides (Bertol.) P.Beauv.
  • Brachypodium halleri (Viv.) P.Beauv.
  • Brachypodium nardus P.Beauv.
  • Brachypodium poa Roem. & Schult.
  • Brachypodium tenellum (L.) P.Beauv.
  • Brachypodium tenuiculum (Loisel.) Roem. & Schult.
  • Catapodium halleri (Viv.) Rchb.
  • Catapodium halleri var. elongatum (Tausch) Rouy
  • Catapodium halleri var. pauciflorum (Asch. & Graebn.) Rouy
  • Catapodium halleri var. ramosum (W.D.J.Koch) Rouy
  • Catapodium halleri var. tenuiculum (Loisel.) Griseb.
  • Catapodium tenellum (L.) Trab.
  • Catapodium tenellum var. barbatum (Desv.) Breistr. ex Kerguélen
  • Catapodium tenellum var. muticum (Tausch) Maire
  • Catapodium tenellum var. tenuiculum (Loisel.) Kerguélen
  • Festuca festucoides (Bertol.) Bech.
  • Festuca gracilis Kunth
  • Festuca lachenalii subsp. tenuicula (Loisel.) K.Richt.
  • Festuca lachenalii var. pauciflora Asch. & Graebn.
  • Festuca lachenalii var. ramosa W.D.J.Koch
  • Festuca maritima var. nardus (Raspail) Mutel
  • Festuca nardus Raspail
  • Festuca poa (Lam. & DC.) Kunth
  • Festuca poa var. elatior Martrin-Donos
  • Festuca poa var. mutica Coss. & Germ.
  • Festuca poa var. ramosa Boreau
  • Festuca poa var. tenuicula (Loisel.) Delastre
  • Festuca poa var. triticiformis N.H.F.Desp.
  • Festuca racemifera Trin. ex Steud.
  • Festuca tenella Chaub. ex Steud.
  • Festuca tenella var. tenuicula (Loisel.) Chaub.
  • Festuca tenuicula (Loisel.) Link
  • Festucaria tenuicula (Loisel.) Link
  • Micropyrum tenellum (L.) Link
  • Micropyrum tenellum f. muticum (Tausch) O.Bolòs & Vigo
  • Micropyrum tenellum var. barbatum (Desv.) D.Rivera & M.A.Carreras
  • Nardurus lachenalii (C.C.Gmel.) Godr.

and 25 more.

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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.