PLANTS Profile for Festuca minutiflora (smallflower fescue)

Name Search
name search type enter a search name
	State Search
	Advanced Search
	Search Help


	Alternative Crops
	Characteristics
	Classification
	Cover Crops
	Culturally Significant
	Distribution Update
	Documentation
	Fact Sheets & Plant Guides
	Introduced, Invasive, and Noxious Plants
	Links
	Threatened & Endangered
	Wetland Indicator Status



	40,000+ Plant Images
	Submit Your Digital Images



	Complete PLANTS Checklist
	State PLANTS Checklist
	Advanced Search Download
	Symbols for Unknown Plants
	NRCS State GSAT Lists
	NRCS State Plants Lists



	Crop Nutrient Tool
	Ecological Site Information System
	PLANTS Identification Keys
	Plant Materials Web Site
	Plant Materials Publications
	USDA Plant Hardiness Map

Printer-Friendly

PLANTS Profile

Festuca minutiflora Rydb.
smallflower fescue

Symbol:

FEMI3

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Festuca minutiflora Rydb.

See all the Festuca thumbnails at the PLANTS Gallery

Synonyms:
Festuca minutiflora Rydb.

	FEBRE	Festuca brachyphylla Schult. ex Schult. & Schult. f. var. endotera (St.-Yves) Litard.
	FEOVM	Festuca ovina L. var. minutiflora (Rydb.) J.T. Howell

Distribution:
Festuca minutiflora Rydb.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Festuca minutiflora Rydb.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 83 species in Festuca

Classification:
Festuca minutiflora Rydb.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Festuca L. – fescue
Species	Festuca minutiflora Rydb. – smallflower fescue

More Accounts and Images:
Festuca minutiflora Rydb.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502610.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Related Web Sites:
Festuca minutiflora Rydb.

Festuca of North America Descriptions and Identification

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 06:33 AM CDT