Poaceae
Volga fescue
Festuca valesiaca
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
Pet and kid safety: not checked yet. Check pet-safe plants
Is yours looking unwell? Scan your plant — free
Common names
By language (10)
- arz
- فيستوكا فاليسياكا
- Belarusian
- Аўсяніца валіская
- Bulgarian
- Валезийска власатка
- Chinese
- 沟羊茅, 溝羊茅, 瑞士羊茅
- Czech
- Kostřava walliská
- English
- Volga fescue
- hsb
- Waliziska dornica
- Polish
- Kostrzewa walezyjska
- Russian
- Типчак, Овсяница бороздчатая, Овсяница валисская, Овсяница валлисская
- Ukrainian
- Типчак, Вівсяниця борозниста, Костриця валійська
Synonyms
- Festuca biformis J.Vetter
- Festuca calcigena J.Vetter
- Festuca communis var. valesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Petif
- Festuca craiovensis Buia & Nyár.
- Festuca diluta J.Vetter
- Festuca duriuscula subsp. valesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) P.Fourn.
- Festuca duriuscula var. hirsuta Gaudin
- Festuca duriuscula var. parviflora Hack.
- Festuca duriuscula var. vallesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Čelak.
- Festuca firma J.Vetter
- Festuca glauca var. filiformis Kirschl.
- Festuca glauca var. pannonica (Wulfen) Soó
- Festuca interjecta J.Vetter
- Festuca kirghisorum Kaschenko
- Festuca kirghisorum (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
- Festuca meredisensis A.Nyár.
- Festuca meredisensis f. subrupicola (Nyár.) Soó
- Festuca ovina subsp. valesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Kozlowska
- Festuca ovina subvar. hirsuta (Gaudin) Hack.
- Festuca ovina var. hirsuta (Gaudin) Link
- Festuca ovina var. pannonica (Wulfen) Alef.
- Festuca ovina var. valesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) W.D.J.Koch
- Festuca ovina var. valesiaca Link
- Festuca pallens subsp. pannonica (Wulfen ex Host) Soó
- Festuca pallens var. valesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Opiz
- Festuca pannonica Wulfen ex Host
- Festuca reptans J.Vetter
- Festuca ronnigeri J.Vetter
- Festuca rupicola f. hirsuta (Gaudin) Beldie
- Festuca rupicola subsp. kirghisorum Tzvelev
- Festuca rupicola var. hirsuta (Gaudin) Tzvelev
- Festuca rupicola var. hirsuta (Gaudin) Tzvelev
- Festuca saxicola Vetter
- Festuca squamulosa Ovcz. & Shibkova
- Festuca sulcata f. subrupicola Nyár.
- Festuca sulcata subsp. valesiaca (Schleich. ex Gaudin) Nyman
- Festuca sulcata var. wagneri Degen, Thaisz & Flatt.
- Festuca valesiaca f. arida Reverd.
- Festuca valesiaca f. banatica Degen
- Festuca valesiaca f. banatica O.Deg.
and 12 more.
Flowers
- In flower
- May (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Vasily Moryashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FruitPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Petr Filippov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Мирослав Соболев, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Иван Ковтун Ivan Kovtun, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stanislav Murashkin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sdjurovic, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Festuca
- Red fescueFestuca rubraPoaceae
- Sheep fescueFestuca ovinaPoaceae
- Festuca altissimaPoaceae
- Rat's-tail fescueFestuca myurosPoaceae
- Variousleaf fescueFestuca heterophyllaPoaceae
- Tufted fescueFestuca amethystinaPoaceae
- Festuca glaucaPoaceae
- Brome fescueFestuca bromoidesPoaceae
- Fineleaf sheep fescueFestuca filiformisPoaceae
- Bearskin fescueFestuca gautieriPoaceae
- Festuca rupicolaPoaceae
- Festuca viviparaPoaceae
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.