Scientific Name: Festuca valesiaca 'Nefer'
Common Name: Nefer fescue
Family Name: Poaceae
Origin: Europe
Hardiness Zone: Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C)
Plant Type: Poales (grass-like)
Mature Size: 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Spreading
Form: Mounded, Round
Texture: Fine
Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Container planting, Fall interest, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Hanging basket, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Grass-like, Alternate, Basal, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear
Flowers: Spikelet, Yellow, Green, May-Jun-Jul
Fruit: Grain (caryopsis), Brown, Jul-Aug
Key ID Features:
Clump forming, tufted, rhizomes absent, culms 10-40(-50)cm tall; leaves very narrow, 1-1.5mm wide x 20-25cm long, bluish-green; turquoise-green in winter; ligule 0.3-0.5mm long, auricles like erect swellings.