Index / Search / Festuca saximontana var. purpusiana
§1 Plant
Festuca saximontana Rydb. var. purpusiana (St.-Yves) Frederiksen & Pavlick
vernacular Rocky Mountain fescue — variety · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Festuca
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 28 counties across 5 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 28 counties across 5 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
California view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 8 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/FESAP ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2704951 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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