Festuca trachyphylla
Common names
hard fescue
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Grasses
Simplified description
Clump-forming ornamental grass noted for its glaucous, finely-textured, blue-grey foliage.
Flower colours
Green, Violet/Purple
Similar taxa
This species was recognised first in New Zealand by K Ford at Landcare Research, Lincoln, Canterbury. She reidentified specimens collected as F. glauca in Dec. 2015 as F. trachyphylla in Jan 2019, and has found other, earlier collections, filed as F. ovina.
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
This species appeared in NZPCN previously as F. glauca, which is a different species. It has also sometimes been collected as F. ovina.
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Other information
Etymology
festuca: From the Latin festuca ‘stem’ or ‘blade of grass’