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Poaceae

New Mexico feathergrass

Hesperostipa neomexicana (Thurb.) Barkworth

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Hesperostipa

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New Mexico feathergrass: Stipa comata is common throughout this region, including robust forms that converge on Stipa spartea. Stipa neomexicana is sporadic and perhaps associated with
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
New Mexico feathergrass
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Tłʼoh ditʼódítsoh

Synonyms

  • Stipa neomexicana (Thurb.) Scribn.
  • Stipa pennata var. neomexicana Thurb.

Characteristics

Growth habit
Graminoid
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.