Vulpia microstachys var. pauciflora (Beal) Lonard & Gould in Madroño 22: 226. 1974 sec. Dávila & al. 2018
- =Festuca reflexa Buckley in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 14: 98. 1862 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Festuca microstachys var. pauciflora Beal, Grass. N. Amer. 2: 586. 1896 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Festuca eastwoodiae Piper in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 10: 16. 1906 syn. sec. Govaerts 2013
- =Festuca pacifica Piper in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 10: 12. 1906 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Festuca pacifica Piper var. pacifica in Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 10: 12. 1906 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Vulpia pacifica (Piper) Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 538. 1909 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Vulpia reflexa (Buckley) Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 538. 1909 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Festuca dives Suksd. in Werdenda 1(2): 3. 1923 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Festuca subbiflora Suksd. in Werdenda 1: 2. 1923 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Festuca pacifica var. ciliata (A. Gray) Hoover in Madroño 3(6): 227. 1936 syn. sec. Govaerts 2013
- =Festuca pacifica var. simulans Hoover in Madroño 3(6): 228. 1936 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013
- =Festuca microstachys var. simulans (Hoover) Hoover in Leafl. W. Bot. 10(16): 338. 1966 syn. sec. The Plant List 2013