The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Stipa capillata
Also called Needlegrass
Stipa capillata L. is a perennial bunchgrass species in the family Poaceae, native to Europe and Asia.
S. capillata is a tall steppe grass characterized by its fine, convolute leaves and long, roughened awns. It typically grows in dry, open habitats and is easily recognized by its delicate panicles and glumes that tapers gradually to a narrow tip (attenuate).
Stipa capillata is native to southern, south‑central, and southeastern Europe, extending eastward into Russia, Central Asia, and parts of East Asia. It also occurs in the Middle East and western Himalayas. The species has been introduced into the Baltic States. The distribution is summarized in the table below.
Piptochaetium avenaceum · Stipa barbata · Stipa bavarica · Stipa borysthenica · Stipa dregeana · Stipa leptogluma · Needle Grass · Stipa milleana · European feather grass · Stipa petriei · Golden Feather Grass · Horsetail Feather Grass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stipa capillata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
