Poaceae
Greenleaf fescue
Festuca viridula
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Festuca
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Festuca viridulaPoaceae
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- فستوكة خضراء
- English
- Greenleaf fescue
Synonyms
- Festuca gracillima Thurb.
- Festuca howellii Hack. ex Beal
- Festuca viridula var. howellii (Hack. ex Beal) St.-Yves
- Festuca viridula var. vaseyana St.-Yves
- Festuca viridula var. viridula
- Gnomonia viridula (Vasey) Lunell
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (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.