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Stipa tenacissima
esparto grass
Synonyms
Macrochloa tenacissimaBuy this plant
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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