Pronunciation: fes-TOO-ka my-OOR-os
Common name: Hairy rattail fescue
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Open places, sandy soils to 5000', native
to Europe
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Festuca
2) myuros
Formerly Vulpia myuros var. hirsuta