Poaceae
Hard fescue
Festuca trachyphylla
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Common names
By language (13)
- arz
- فيستوكا بريفيبيلا
- Chinese
- 草稃羊茅
- Czech
- Kostřava drsnolistá
- Dutch
- Hard zwenkgras
- English
- Hard fescue
- Estonian
- Kink-aruhein
- Finnish
- Jäykkänata
- German
- Raublättriger Schaf-Schwingel, Raublättriger Schwingel, Raublatt-Schwingel, Rauhblatt-Schwingel
- hsb
- Hruba dornica
- Latvian
- Raupjā auzene
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Stivsvingel
- Swedish
- Hårdsvingel
- Welsh
- Peiswellt caled
Synonyms
- Festuca brevipila R.Tracey
- Festuca cinerea var. trachyphylla (Hack.) Stohr
- Festuca duriuscula subsp. trachyphylla (Hack.) Rohlena
- Festuca duriuscula subsp. trachyphylla (Hack.) K.Richt.
- Festuca duriuscula var. trachyphylla (Hack.) Druce
- Festuca duvalii f. barbulata Auquier
- Festuca longifolia var. trachyphylla (Hack.) Howarth
- Festuca ovina subvar. trachyphylla Hack.
- Festuca ovina var. trachyphylla (Hack.) Druce
- Festuca stricta subsp. trachyphylla (Hack.) Patzke ex Joch.Müll.
- Festuca stricta subsp. trachyphylla (Hack.) Patzke ex Pilz
- Festuca trachyphylla f. barbulata (Auquier) Auquier
Photos

Photo: Kristian Peters -- Fabelfroh 12:57, 5 May 2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rainer Burkard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rainer Burkard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rainer Burkard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rainer Burkard, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.