Pronunciation: fes-TOO-ka my-kro-STAY-kis
Common name: Small fescue
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Sandy soils, disturbed places to 4500',
California Floristic Province
Blooming period: April to June
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Festuca
2) microstachys
Formerly Vulpia microstachys