Stipa lessingiana
In Russia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Stipa
Species:
S. lessingiana
Binomial name
Stipa lessingiana
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Stipa brauneri (Pacz.) Klokov
    • Stipa cyllenaea Strid
    • Stipa lessingiana subsp. cyllenaea (Strid) Strid
    • Stipa saikanica Kotukhov

Stipa lessingiana, called Lessing feather grass, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Stipa, found in steppes from Greece east to Mongolia, including the countries bordering the Black and Caspian Seas, Central Asia, western Siberia, the Altai, and Xinjiang in China.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]

References

  1. Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 79 (1842)
  2. 1 2 "Stipa lessingiana Trin. & Rupr". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
  3. "Stipa lessingiana Lessing feather grass". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 March 2021.


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