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Festuca minutiflora
Also called Little Fescue, Small Flowered Fescue, Tiny Flowered Fescue
Smallflower fescue is a small perennial bunch grass from western North America, grown mainly for native and naturalistic plantings. It does best in a sunny, well-drained spot and tolerates cold winters and dry summers.
Festuca minutiflora, the smallflower fescue, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, and the Yukon. Festuca minutiflora was first published in 1905 by Per Axel Rydberg.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
