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]
Vulpia octoflora var. glauca[7] (AKA Festuca octofloraWalter var. tenella, Festuca gracilenta Buckley, Festuca tenellaWilld., and Vulpia octoflora var. tenella[8])
^Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 314
^ abcdMojave Desert Wildflowers, Pam MacKay, 2nd E. 2013, p 285
^ abcdUSDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Vulpia octoflora". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2015-08-07.
^Howard, Janet L. (2006). "Vulpia octoflora". Fire Effects Information System (FEIS). US Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service (USFS), Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory. Retrieved 2010-03-09.