Stipa capillacea Keng

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Stipa

Characteristics

Perennial, tufted. Culms 15–50 cm tall, 2–3-noded. Basal leaves 1/3–1/2 length of culms; leaf sheaths glabrous, longer than internodes; leaf blades acicular, convolute, up to 20 cm, outer surface smooth or scaberulous; ligule of basal and culm leaves ca. 0.6 mm, truncate, ciliolate. Panicle narrowly contracted, 14–18 cm, often exserted from uppermost leaf sheath at maturity; branches erect-ascending, awns of spikelets twisted together at panicle top to form a tail. Spikelets greenish or purplish; glumes narrowly lanceolate, body ca. 1.5 cm, apex long attenuate into capillary 1–1.5 cm filament, often breaking into fine threads; callus pungent, 2–2.5 mm; lemma 7–10 mm, pubescent in a ventral longitudinal line, shortly longitudinally pilose on back, hispidulous below apex, a ring of stiff hairs at awn articulation; awn deciduous, 7–10 cm, 2-geniculate, column glabrous or puberulous, sometimes with longer hairs to 0.8 mm, 1–2 cm to first bend, 0.6–1 cm to second bend, bristle setulose, flexuous, 5–7 cm, apex filamentous. Fl. and fr. Jul–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Distribution

Stipa capillacea world distribution map, present in China and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:423196-1
WFO ID wfo-0000901853
COL ID 52QTS
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Synonyms

Stipa capillacea Stipa koelzii Stipa capillacea var. parviflora Stipa capillacea var. capillacea