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Needlegrass

Stipa glareosa P.A.Smirn.

Family
Poaceae
Genus
Stipa

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Needlegrass: The sparsy stands of Stipa glareosa and S. orientalis on gravely substrates in Eastern Pamir near Alichur, Tajikistan.
Photo: Arkadiusz Nowak, Marcin Nobis, Sylwia Nowak, Agnieszka Nobis, Anna Wróbel, Sebas, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Chinese
沙生针茅, 小花针茅
English
Needlegrass

Synonyms

  • Stipa caucasica f. desertorum Roshev.
  • Stipa caucasica subsp. desertorum (Roshev.) Tzvelev
  • Stipa caucasica subsp. glareosa (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev
  • Stipa desertorum (Roshev.) Ikonn.
  • Stipa glareosa var. langshanica Y.Z.Zhao
  • Stipa glareosa var. nemegetica M.Nobis
  • Stipa langshanica (Y.Z.Zhao) Y.Z.Zhao
  • Stipa minuscula F.M.Vázquez

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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). About our plant data.