Botanical Name: Festuca arizonica
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Common Name: Arizona Fescue  
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Water Saving Tip:

Check the soil's moisture level before watering.

You can reduce your water use 20-50% by regularly checking the soil before watering.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial, Grass

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

In height and form this western native is very much like Stipa tenuissima, and they are often found growing in the same areas. It has a very fine texture, which moves in the slightest breeze. Arizona fescue will go dormant in the summer unless watered a couple times per month; left unwatered, it survives, awaiting the coolness of fall. Clumping, with upright arching habit, clump grows 12 to 20 inches; flower stalk grows 20 inches or so. Flowers June and July.