Stipa lessingiana


Stipa lessingiana, called Lessing feather grass, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Stipa, found in steppes from Greece east to Mongolia, including the countries bordering the Black and Caspian Seas, Central Asia, western Siberia, the Altai, and Xinjiang in China. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Taxonomy

Original description

The species was first described by Trin and Rupr. in Species Graminum Stipaceorum. The following description is translated from the original Latin protologue:

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