Festuca octoflora

Festuca octoflora, also known as Vulpia octoflora,^[1][2] is an annual plant in the grass family (Poaceae).^[3] The common name six-week fescue is because it supplies about 6 weeks of cattle forage after a rain.^[3] Other common names include sixweeks fescue,^[4] six-weeks fescue, pullout grass,^[4] eight-flower six-weeks grass,^[4] or eight-flowered fescue.^[4]

Festuca octoflora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Festuca
Species:	F. octoflora
Binomial name
Festuca octoflora Walter
Synonyms
Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.

Range and habitat

This bunchgrass is native to North America occurring across a large part of Canada, in all of the lower 48 contiguous United States, and Baja California of Mexico.^[5][6] It grows in open, sunny places between shrubs and in burn areas.^[3] It is commonly found in burn areas after a fire.^[3]

Varieties

Festuca octoflora/Vulpia octoflora varieties include:

• Vulpia octoflora var. glauca ^[7] (AKA Festuca octoflora Walter var. tenella, Festuca gracilenta Buckley, Festuca tenella Willd., and Vulpia octoflora var. tenella^[8])
• Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella ^[9]
• Vulpia octoflora var. octoflora ^[10]