Stipa lessingiana

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassLiliopsida
4. OrderPoales
5. FamilyPoaceae

Native toAltay, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Greece, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Romania

Observations recorded5,286

Perennial, tufted. Culms 30–60 cm tall, 2–3-noded. Basal leaves 1/2–2/3 length of culms; leaf sheaths smooth or margins ciliate, longer than internodes; leaf blades setaceous, up to 35 cm, 0.3–0.5 mm in diam., outer surface scabrid at least in apical part; ligule of basal leaves 0.2–0.5 mm, rounded, ciliate, of culm leaves 1–2 mm. Panicle narrow, 10–20 cm, base enclosed by uppermost leaf sheath. Spikelets yellowish green; glumes subequal, linear-lanceolate, 2–3 cm, apex attenuate into hyaline filament; callus pungent, 1.5–2 mm; lemma 8–10 mm, pubescent, densely in lower part and sparsely in upper part, a ring of short hairs at apex; awn deciduous, 15–20 cm, 2-geniculate, column 2–3 cm to first bend, smooth, glossy, 1–1.5 cm to second bend, bristle 8–15 cm, plumose, hairs 2–3 mm. Fl. and fr. May–Jul. 2n = 44.

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

196

With media

179

Family

Poaceae

Collections

US, NHA, ILLS, MICH, DAV, CM

Recorded in

Russian Federation, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, United States, Iran

Wikidata facts

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Parent taxon

Stipa

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Stipa lessingiana habitus.jpg

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