''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 e ...

''. 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 ...

. This species seems to be critically endangered. Two

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

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q17364169 Flora of Hawaii

aloha ''Aloha'' ( , ) is the Hawaiian word for love, affection, peace, compassion and mercy, that is commonly used as a simple greeting but has a deeper cultural and spiritual significance to native Hawaiians, for whom the term is used to define ...