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Festuca gracillima

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
S. Chile to S. Argentina
Climate
temperate

About

Festuca gracillima is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. This species is native to southern Argentina, and southern Chile. It is perennial and prefers temperate biomes. Festuca gracillima was first described in 1847.

In its native range, it is known in Spanish as coirón dulce ("sweet tussock grass") and coirón fueguino ("tussock grass of Tierra del Fuego").

Other Festuca plants

Festuca floribunda · Festuca abyssinica · Banks Peninsula Blue Tussock · Festuca alatavica · Festuca aloha · Festuca alpina · Altai fescue · Wood Fescue · Amethyst Fescue · Festuca ampla · Festuca amplissima · Festuca argentina

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Festuca gracillima by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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