Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Vulpia octoflora (Walt.) Rydb. var. octoflora

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Festuca octoflora Walt., Festuca octoflora Walt. var. aristulata Torr. ex L.H. Dewey, Festuca ontoflora Walt., Possibly Festuca bromoides Michx.

Common names:

Fescue grass (1932, SD) (85)

Six-weeks fescue [Six weeks fescue, Sixweeks fescue] (1937-Present) (3, 50, 119, 122, 140, 155)

Slender fescue grass [Slender fescue-grass] (1852-1938) (5, 56, 72, 94, 111, 119, 163)