Festuca octoflora Calflora

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Taxon Report

Festuca octoflora Walter

Sixweeks grass

2009 Neal Kramer

2013 Robert Steers/NPS

2005 Steve Matson

2010 James M. Andre

Festuca octoflora is an annual grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Vulpia octoflora


	Plant Range Observation Search (1256 records) Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

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Genus:	Festuca
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands: Occurs in non wetlands

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Foothill Woodland, Chaparral, Valley Grassland, many plant communities

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Festuca octoflora ssp. hirtella
JEF	Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella
JEF	Vulpia octoflora
PLANTS	Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora

More information about Festuca octoflora


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (VUOCO) BONAP Distribution Map	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 10/06/2022).