Festuca chrysophylla is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Peru, northwestern Argentina, and north central Chile. It grows in subalpine or subarctic biomes. It was first described in 1891.[1]
Festuca chrysophylla is perennial and caespitose. Its culms are erect, and can grow up from 30 to 65 cm long. It is lacking of lateral branches. The leaf sheaths are glabrous on the surface. It's ligules is a ciliolate membrane, growing up from 0.3 to 0.5 mm long, and are bilobed. The leaf blades are filiform, conduplicate and can grow up from 7–40 cm long and 0.7–1 mm wide.[1]