Festuca octoflora

Festuca octoflora

Festuca octoflora

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Loliinae
Genus: Festuca
Species: Festuca octoflora

Name

Festuca octoflora Walter, Fl. Carol.: 81 (1788)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Gnomonia octoflora (Walter) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 224 (1915)
  • Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 538 (1909)
• Heterotypic
  • Brachypodium festucoides Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 95 (1821), nom. superfl.
  • Diarrhena setacea (Poir.) Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 1: 289 (1817)
  • Festuca gracilenta Buckley in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 97 (1862)
  • Festuca octoflora var. aristulata L.H.Dewey in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 547 (1894)
  • Festuca octoflora var. glauca (Nutt.) Fernald in Rhodora 34: 209 (1925)
  • Festuca octoflora subsp. hirtella Piper in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 12 (1906)
  • Festuca octoflora var. hirtella (Piper) Hitchc. in Man. Grasses U.S.: 60, 860 (1935)
  • Festuca octoflora var. tenella (Willd.) Fernald in Rhodora 34: 209 (1925)
  • Festuca parviflora Elliott in Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 170 (1816)
  • Festuca pusilla Buckley in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 98 (1862)
  • Festuca setacea Poir. in Encycl., Suppl. 2: 638 (1812)
  • Festuca tenella Willd. in Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 419 (1797)
  • Festuca tenella var. aristulata Torr. in Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 4): 156 (1857), nom. nud.
  • Festuca tenella var. glauca Nutt. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 147 (1835)
  • Schedonorus tenellus (Willd.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 99 (1812)
  • Vulpia antofagastensis Parodi in Revista Argent. Agron. 23: 86 (1956)
  • Vulpia octoflora var. glauca (Nutt.) Fernald in Rhodora 47: 107 (1945)
  • Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella (Piper) Henrard in Blumea 2: 320 (1937)
  • Vulpia octoflora f. hirtella (Piper) C.H.Blom in Acta Horti Gothob. 5: 89 (1929 publ. 1930)
  • Vulpia octoflora var. tenella (Willd.) Fernald in Rhodora 47: 107 (1945)
  • Vulpia tenella (Willd.) Heynh. in Nom. Bot. Hort.: 854 (1840)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regionalː USA Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Regionalː Mexico Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest Regionalː Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South Regionalː Western South America Chile Central, Chile North Introduced into: Germany, Japan, Nansei-shoto, Tasmania, West Himalaya References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. viii+263 pp., John Fraser, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.9458 Reference page. ː 81

Additional references

• Hassler, M. & Muer, T. 2022. Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild. 2 vols., 1712 pp., Verlag Regionalkultur (Ubstadt-Weiher). ISBN 978-3-95505-333-8 Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Festuca octoflora. Published online. Accessed: December 09 2025. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Festuca octoflora in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2025. Festuca octoflora. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 December 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Festuca octoflora in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: six-weeks fescue, pullout grass

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