Festuca megalura
Common name
vulpia hair grass, rat’s tail fescue
Synonyms
Vulpia myuros var. megalura
Family
Poaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Grasses
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
FESMEG
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Waste land, often stony.
Origin
Eurasia, Mediterranean
Etymology
festuca: From the Latin festuca ‘stem’ or ‘blade of grass’