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Stipa pennata, common name European feather grass, 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. Its foliage is green in summer while the flowers are silvery-grey during the same season. It is 60–90 centimetres (24–35 in) high. Its Hungarian name pusztai árvalányhaj translates as "orphan maidenhair".
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Grass
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Stipa
- Family
- Poaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 7
- Mature Height
- 76 cm
- Mature Spread
- 40 cm
- Leaf Color
- Light Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- White, Yellow, Purple, Brown
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Early summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer, Late summer
- Native Area
- Turkey, Sweden, Austria, Bulgaria, Pakistan, Poland, Greece, Ukraine, China, Russia, Afghanistan, Hungary, Iraq, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Switzerland, Mongolia, Iran, Albania, Romania, France
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en European feather grass en Feathergrass en Needlegrass en European Needlegrass
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