Stipa lessingiana
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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. lessingiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Stipa lessingiana | |
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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.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
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On a 2019 postage stamp of Azerbaijan
References[edit]
- ^ Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 79 (1842)
- ^ a b "Stipa lessingiana Trin. & Rupr". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Stipa lessingiana Lessing feather grass". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
Categories:
- Stipa
- Ornamental plants
- Flora of Greece
- Flora of Bulgaria
- Flora of Romania
- Flora of Ukraine
- Flora of the Crimean Peninsula
- Flora of Russia
- Flora of West Siberia
- Flora of Altai (region)
- Flora of Turkey
- Flora of the Caucasus
- Flora of Iran
- Flora of Central Asia
- Flora of Xinjiang
- Flora of Mongolia
- Plants described in 1842
- Pooideae stubs