Botanical Name: Festuca punctoria
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Common Name: Prickly Fescue  
Plant photo of: Festuca punctoria
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Broadleaf Evergreen, Ground cover, Perennial, Grass

 

Height Range

3-6'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Spring, Summer

 

Leaf Color

Blue Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Uncommon tight clumper from Turkey with dense blue-green leaves (quite blue on older plants) and stiff vertical leaf blades that are pokey when touched. Pale blue, bristly leaves make this an excellent ornamental grass, to only 8" tall in clumps to 8" across. Remains compact and upright, producing 18" spikes of flowers tinted powdery blue turning to tan.