Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 73 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europae collibus apricis aridis vulgatissimum"

Hamilton, A.G. (1892), On the effect which settlement in Australia has produced upon indigenous vegetation. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 26: 238 [secondary reference]

Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 273 [secondary reference]

taxonomic synonym: Festuca duriuscula L. legitimate

Fitzgerald, W.V. (1918), The Botany of the Kimberleys, north-west Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 3: 85 [secondary reference]

Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 196 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Festuca plebeia R.Br. legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]

misapplied to: Festuca plebeia R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 273

Weiller, C.M., Walsh, N.G. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Festuca. Flora of Australia 44A: 281 [misapplied]

misapplied to: Festuca plebeia R.Br. legitimate by Rodway, L. (1903), The Tasmanian Flora: 273

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