Stipa barbata is a species of perennial grass native to southern Europe, North Africa, and the Levant in the Mediterranean Basin, and temperate Asia.
| Stipa barbata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Stipa |
| Species: | S. barbata
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| Binomial name | |
| Stipa barbata Desf.
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The plant is a bunchgrass with:
- culms that are 30–60 cm long
- leaf blades are flexuous, filiform, conduplicate or involute.
- leaf blades are 15–30 cm long by 1–2 mm wide.
References
edit- GBIF entry
- Flora Atlantica sive Historia Plantarum, quae in Atlante... 1:97, t. 27. 1798.
External links
editWikispecies has information related to Stipa barbata.
Media related to Stipa barbata at Wikimedia Commons
- GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora — (kew.org)
- USDA Plants Profile: Stipa barbata