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Stipa

feather grass

Other common names
corkscrew grass
needle grass
see morespear grass
Synonyms
Achnatherum
Celtica
see moreAmelichloa
Lasiagrostis
Botanical details
Family
Poaceae
Native to GB / Ireland
No
Genus

Stipa

Genus description

Stipa can be evergreen or deciduous, mostly perennial grasses with arching, folded or rolled, linear leaves and narrow panicles of often long-awned spikelets in summer and autumn

Name status

Correct

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