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Stipa milleana is a tufted perennial grass native to the Andes of Ecuador, growing 50 to 100 cm tall with an open, lance-shaped flower panicle. It is a wild montane species rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are general guidance for a cool-climate ornamental grass.
Stipa milleana Hitchc.
It is found only in Ecuador. It grows 50–100 cm tall with narrow, tapering leaves and produces an open, lance‑shaped panicle of spikelets, each bearing a single floret. The glumes are longer than the florets and end in bristle‑like tips, while the lemma carries a twisted awn.
Stipa milleana is native to the Andean Ecuador of western South America. The type specimen was collected on Mount Pichincha near Quito, Ecuador, by L. Mille (no. 256; U.S. National Herbarium no. 1,188,857). Additional collections have been made in the same region, including specimens near Quito (Mille 259, 392; Sodiro, 1893) and from Alausí (Hitchcock 20698, 20727).
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
