Life Span
Perennial
Annual
Type
Grass
Shrub
Origin
Southern Europe
South-Central United States, Southwestern United States, Texas
Types
Fine leaved sheep's fescue
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Number of Varieties
110
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40000
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Habitat
Mountain Slopes, Pastures
Cultivated Beds
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-89-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
8 - 1
12 - 4
Sunset Zone
1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
H1, H2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Habit
Spreading
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
5.10 cm30.50 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
4.90 cm61.00 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Pale White
White, Orange, Lavender, Plum
Flower Color Modifier
Bicolor
Bicolor
Fruit Color
-
Brown, Chocolate
Leaf Color in Spring
Blue Green
Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Light Green
Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Blue Green
Green
Leaf Color in Winter
Green, Tan
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Grass like
Lobed
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Fall
Summer, Fall
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Growth Rate
Fast
Fast
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Average
Well drained
Bloom Time
-
Early Summer, Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
-
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Ground
How to Plant?
Seedlings, vegetative cuttings
Seedlings
Plant Maintenance
Medium
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Allow to dry out slightly between watering, Never Over-water
Do not water excessively
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic
Soil Type
Clay, Loam
Loam, Moist, Sandy
Soil Drainage Capacity
Average
Loam, Moist, Sandy
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Prune after flowering, Prune for size control, Remove dead or diseased plant parts
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Brown patch, Gray leaf blight, Pythium blight, Rust, Zoysia patch
Red blotch
Plant Tolerance
Full Sun, Heat And Humidity
Drought
Flowers
Insignificant
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Matte
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Mealybugs, Mites
-
Allergy
Skin rash, Vomiting, Watery eyes
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Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Ground Cover, Used in parkland
Showy Purposes
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Fixes Nitrogen, Prevent Soil Erosion
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Antispasmodic
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Part of Plant Used
Whole plant
Flowers, Fruits, Leaves
Other Uses
Animal Feed, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant, Used for making black dye
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Groundcover, Lawns and Turf
Container, Hanging Basket
Botanical Name
FESTUCA brevipila
PROBOSCIDEA louisianica
Common Name
Hard Fescue
Ram's Horn
In Hindi
Hard fescue
Proboscidea louisianica
In German
Echter Schaf-Schwingel
Proboscidea louisianica
In French
Hard fescue
PROBOSCIDEA louisianica
In Spanish
fétuque ovine
louisianica PROBOSCIDEA
In Greek
HARD φεστούκα
proboscidea louisianica
In Portuguese
Hard fescue
proboscidea louisianica
In Polish
Hard fescue
Proboscidea louisianica
In Latin
Hard fescue
proboscidea louisianica
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cyperales
Scrophulariales
Family
Poaceae
Pedaliaceae
Genus
Festuca
Proboscidea
Clade
Angiosperms, Commelinids, Monocots
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Tribe
-
-
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
3005
1
27800
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