| European feather grass | |
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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. pennata
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| Binomial name | |
| Stipa pennata | |
Stipa pennata, commonly known as European feather grass,[1] is a flowering plant and arid zone sand grass in the grass family Poaceae, which is grown as an ornamental plant for its feathery flowering spikes. It is one of the most common plants of the Eurasian Steppe from Mongolia in the east to the Puszta in Hungary and the Devínska Kobyla forest-steppe in Slovakia in the west.[2] Its foliage is green in summer while the flowers are silvery-grey during the same season.[3] It is 60–90 centimetres (24–35 in) high.
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References
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Stipa pennata". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ John S. Wilson (1959), Scouting Round the World. First edition, Blandford Press. p. 164, 167
- ^ "Stipa pennata". Retrieved March 31, 2013.
Further reading
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
External links
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