Characteristics
Monocots
Festuca octoflora Walter
SIXWEEKS FESCUE
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Native
FACU (NWPL)
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Citation
FESTUCA OCTOFLORA Walter, Fl. Carol. 81. 1788.
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Richland Co.: Columbia, 13 Apr 1974, Boufford 12781 (neotype: GH). Neotypified by D. B. Ward, J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 2: 477. 2008.
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Brachypodium festucoides
Brachypodium festucoides Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 95. 1821, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Festuca tenella Willdenow 1797.
Diarrhena setacea
Diarrhena setacea (Poiret) Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 1: 289. 1817.
BASIONYM: Festuca setacea Poiret 1811.
Festuca gracilenta
Festuca gracilenta Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 97. 1862.
TYPE: TEXAS: "Northern Texas", without data, Buckley s.n. (holotype: PH).
Festuca octoflora subsp. hirtella
Festuca octoflora Walter, subsp. hirtella Piper, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 10: 12. 1906.
TYPE: ARIZONA: Pima Co.: Santa Catalina Mts., s.d., Shear 1962 (holotype: US).
Festuca octoflora var. aristulata
Festuca octoflora Walter, var. aristulata Torrey ex L. H. Dewey, in J. M. Coulter, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 547. 1894.
TYPE: TEXAS: Without data, 1890, Nealley s.n. (holotype: US).
Festuca octoflora var. glauca
Festuca octoflora Walter, var. glauca (Nuttall) Fernald, Rhodora 34: 209. 1932.
BASIONYM: Festuca tenella Willdenow, var. glauca Nuttall 1837.
Festuca octoflora var. hirtella
Festuca octoflora Walter, var. hirtella (Piper) Hitchcock, Man. Grasses U.S. 860. 1935.
BASIONYM: Festuca octoflora Walter, subsp. hirtella Piper 1906.
Festuca octoflora var. tenella
Festuca octoflora Walter, var. tenella (Willdenow) Fernald, Rhodora 34: 209. 1932.
BASIONYM: Festuca tenella Willdenow 1797.
Festuca parviflora
Festuca parviflora Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 170. 1816.
TYPE: SOUTH CAROLINA: Orangeburg Co.: Orangeburg, Apr, Bennett s.n. (holotype: CHARL).
Festuca pusilla
Festuca pusilla Buckley, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 98. 1862.
TYPE: CALIFORNIA: "Upper California", without data, Nuttall s.n. (holotype: PH).
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