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. Other common names include sixweeks fescue, six-weeks fescue, pullout grass, eight-flower six-weeks grass, or eight-flowered fescue.
This bunchgrass is native to North America occurring across a large part of Canada, in all of the lower 48 contiguous United States, and Baja California of Mexico.[4] It grows in open, sunny places between shrubs and in burn areas. It is commonly found in burn areas after a fire.[3]
Festuca octoflora/Vulpia octoflora varieties include: