Stipa penicillata Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Stipa

Characteristics

Perennial, tufted. Culms 25–70 cm tall, 1–2-noded. Basal leaves reaching to panicle; leaf sheaths scabrid to white-hirsute; leaf blades setaceous, convolute, basal blades up to 30 cm, outer surface densely scabrid with some longer spinules or hirsute; ligule lanceolate, 3–7 mm, acute. Panicle open, 15–25 cm, exserted from uppermost leaf sheath; branches with axillary cushions, capillary, flexuous, with 2–4 spikelets. Spikelets green or flushed purplish; glumes subequal or lower slightly longer, lanceolate-oblong, 0.8–1 cm, apex acuminate into a fine point; callus pungent, ca. 1 mm; lemma 5–8 mm, pilose; awn ca. 2 cm, deciduous, 1–2-geniculate, column plumose, hairs 3–4 mm, 0.3–0.7 cm to first bend, 0.4–0.5 cm to second bend, this sometimes obscure, bristle 0.7–1.8 cm, scabrid. Fl. and fr. Jun–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Distribution

Stipa penicillata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:423635-1
WFO ID wfo-0000902589
COL ID 6ZW29
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Synonyms

Stipa laxiflora Stipa penicillata Stipa penicillata var. hirsuta Stipa penicillata var. penicillata