''Festuca aloha'', also known as the aloha fescue, is a species of grass in the genus ''

Festuca ''Festuca'' (fescue) is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the grass family Poaceae (subfamily Pooideae). They are evergreen or herbaceous perennial tufted grasses with a height range of and a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on ever ...

''. This species is accepted and it appears to be endemic to

Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is the only U.S. state outside North America, the only state that is an archipelago, and the only state ...

. This species seems to be critically endangered. Two

forms Form is the shape, visual appearance, or configuration of an object. In a wider sense, the form is the way something happens. Form also refers to: *Form (document), a document (printed or electronic) with spaces in which to write or enter data * ...

of this species have been described. * ''Festuca aloha'' f. ''aloha'' * ''Festuca aloha'' f. ''molokaiensis''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17364169 Flora of Hawaii aloha