Poaceae
Thurber's fescue
Festuca thurberi
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Thurber's fescue
Synonyms
- Festuca tolucensis subsp. thurberi (Vasey) St.-Yves
- Poa festucoides M.E.Jones
- Poa kaibensis M.E.Jones
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.