Poaceae
Nodding fescue
Festuca subverticillata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Festuca subverticillataPoaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Nodding fescue, Mt. washington bluegrass
Synonyms
- Festuca obtusa Biehler
- Festuca obtusa f. pilosifolia Dore
- Festuca obtusa var. sprengeliana St.-Yves
- Festuca pseudoduriuscula Steud.
- Festuca subverticillata f. pilosifolia (Dore) Darbysh.
- Festuca subverticillata f. subverticillata
- Panicum debile Poir.
- Panicum divaricatum Michx.
- Panicum gracilentum Poir.
- Panicum patentissimum Roem. & Schult.
- Poa annua var. racemosa (Schur) Asch. & Graebn.
- Poa brachiata Desv.
- Poa festucoides Torr.
- Poa laxa Lam.
- Poa laxa subsp. laxa
- Poa laxa subsp. riphaea Asch. & Graebn.
- Poa laxa var. riphaea Asch. & Graebn.
- Poa melicoidea Link
- Poa subverticillata Pers.
- Schedonorus obtusus (Biehler) Roem. & Schult.
- Steinchisma divaricatum Raf.
- Steinchisma divaricatum Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Steinchisma hians Raf.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
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.