Poaceae
Rat's-tail fescue
Festuca myuros
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (18)
- arz
- فولبيا ميروس
- Bulgarian
- Обикновена вулпия
- Catalan
- Vulpie queue-de-rat
- Chinese
- 鼠茅, 高原鼠茅
- Czech
- Mrvka myší ocásek
- Dutch
- Gewoon langbaardgras
- English
- Rat's-tail fescue, Rat-tail fescue
- Estonian
- Hiire-händhein
- Finnish
- Hiirenhäntänata
- French
- Vulpie queue-de-rat
- German
- Mäuseschwanz-Federschwingel, Mäusefederschwingel, Vulpie queue-de-rat
- Japanese
- ナギナタガヤ, シッポガヤ, ネズミノシッポ
- Lithuanian
- Vulpie queue-de-rat
- Persian
- دمروباهک
- Polish
- Wulpia mysi ogon
- Spanish
- Zerna myuros
- Swedish
- Råttsvingel, Vulpie queue-de-rat
- Welsh
- Peisgwellt y fagwyr
Synonyms
- Avena muralis Salisb.
- Bromus bohemicus F.W.Schmidt ex Mert. & W.D.J.Koch
- Distomomischus myuros (L.) Dulac
- Festuca commutata Steud.
- Festuca linearis Gilib.
- Festuca megalura Nutt.
- Festuca myuros f. exserens Peterm.
- Festuca myuros f. major Rohlena
- Festuca myuros f. racemifera Peterm.
- Festuca myuros subsp. pseudomyuros (Soy.-Will.) Bonnier & Layens
- Festuca myuros var. distans Pauquy
- Festuca myuros var. exerens Peterm.
- Festuca myuros var. hirsuta (Hack.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Festuca myuros var. pseudonardurus (Soy.-Will.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Festuca myuros var. racemifera Peterm.
- Festuca myuros var. subnuda Mutel
- Festuca myuros var. willemetii Noulet
- Festuca pseudomyuros Soy.-Will.
- Festuca pseudomyuros var. reclinata (Dumort.) T.Durand
- Festuca sciuroides var. pseudomyuros Hy
- Festuca sciuroides var. tecta F.W.Schultz
- Mygalurus caudatus Link
- Vulpia alpina L.Liu
- Vulpia bromoides var. rigida Nees
- Vulpia ciliata St.-Lag.
- Vulpia crinita Lojac.
- Vulpia longivaginata St.-Lag.
- Vulpia major (Rohlena) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Vulpia megalura (Nutt.) Rydb.
- Vulpia murorum Gray
- Vulpia myuros (L.) C.C.Gmel.
- Vulpia myuros f. exserens (Peterm.) Soó
- Vulpia myuros f. megalura (Nutt.) Stace & R.Cotton
- Vulpia myuros f. racemifera (Peterm.) Soó
- Vulpia myuros subsp. megalura (Nutt.) Soják
- Vulpia myuros subsp. pseudomyuros (Soy.-Will.) Maire & Weiller
- Vulpia myuros var. deserti Mouterde
- Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta Hack.
- Vulpia myuros var. megalura (Nutt.) Auquier
- Vulpia myuros var. pseudomyuros (Soy.-Will.) Fiori
and 5 more.
Photos
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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.