| Common Name: | Hooker Fescue |
| Synonym: | Austrofestuca hookeriana, Festuca hookeriana |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Size: | 10-30cm high, stems to 1.6m high |
| Description: | Coarse densely tufted perennial grass, sometimes forming colonies. |
| Leaves: | Rough, flat, broad bright green leaves to 35cm x 8mm, finely ridged. Sheaths brown, shining. |
| Flowering: | Loose flowerheads to 50cm, long branchlets with 3-6-flowered spikelets. Lower floral bract lance-shaped, keeled, 5-11 rough veins, pointed or lobed at top. Tip at base downy with tuft of white hairs. |
| Flower Colour: | Green or purplish |
| Flowering Time: | December to March |
| Growing Conditions: | Moist slightly swampy soils which dry out in summer. Full sun, semi shade. |
| Garden Use: | Useful tufting plant for winter moist, summer dry gardens. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 15, 33, 34, 44 |
| Conservation Status: | Locally common within its preferred growing conditions |
| Aboriginal Use: | |
| Commercially available: | Indigenous nursery |
| Bird Attracting: | No |
| Butterfly Attracting: | No |
| Frog Habitat: | Yes |
| Photographer: | Peter Kinchington © |