Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Festuca octoflora |
| group | Monocots |
| Family | Poaceae |
| Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
| Genus common name(s) | fescue; fescue-grass; fescue grass; fescuegrass; festuce |
| Species common name(s) | eight-flowered fescue; eight flowered fescue; eight-flowered annual fescue; eight-flowered six-weeks grass; eight-flowered sixweeks grass; eight-flower fescue; eight flower fescue; eight-flower six-weeks fescue; eight-flower six-weeks grass; eight-flower sixweeks grass; eightflower six weeks grass; slender vulpia; slender eight-flowered fescue; slender 8-flowered fescue; slender eight-flowered fescue; slender eight flowered fescue; slender eight-flower grass; slender six-weeks fescue; slender sixweeks fescue; slender six-weeks grass; slender sixweeks grass; slender rescue-grass; six-weeks rescue; sixweeks rescue; common six-weeks fescue; common sixweeks fescue; common six-weeks grass; common six weeks grass; common sixweeks grass; pull-out vulpia; pull-out grass; pullout grass |
| | | Common name(s) specific to synonym; taxon noted in brackets | hairy six-weeks fescue [Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella]; hairy six weeks fescue [Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella]; hairy sixweeks fescue [Vulpia octoflora var. hirtella] |
| Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | native annual fescue, vulpia-grass, vulpia grass are applied to multiple Vulpia [Festuca] taxa; slender fescue, slender fescue-grass, slender fescue grass, tufted fescue are applied to multiple Festuca s.l. taxa; western fescue is more commonly applied to Festuca occidentalis; mousetail grass, mouse-tail grass, mouse tail grass, six-weeks grass, six weeks grass, sixweeks grass, sixweeks-grass, six-week grass, rescue-grass, rescue grass are applied to multiple Poaceae taxa; silver grass, silvergrass are applied to taxa in multiple families |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | subsp. hirtella Piper; Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb.; Vulpia octoflora (Walter) Rydb. var. hirtella (Piper) Henrard |
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