Poaceae
European feather grass
Stipa pennata
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Stipa
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Common names
By language (21)
- Arabic
- عذم ريشي
- Armenian
- Փետրախոտ փետրավոր
- arz
- عذم ريشى
- Bangla
- গরূৎশষ্প
- Cebuano
- Stipa
- Chinese
- 羽状针茅, 針茅鴕, 针茅鸵
- Czech
- Kavyl Ivanův, Kavyl pernatý
- Danish
- Almindelig Fjergræs, Fjergræs, Thorvaldsens Hår
- English
- European feather grass, Needlegrass
- Finnish
- Unkarinhöyhenheinä
- French
- Stipe a feuilles pennees, Stipe à feuilles pennées
- German
- Echtes Federgras, Grauscheidiges Federgras
- hsb
- Pjerkojta kowjel
- Hungarian
- Pusztai árvalányhaj, Homoki árvalányhaj
- Persian
- استپی دائمی
- Polish
- Ostnica Jana
- Russian
- Ковыль перистый, Ковыль Иоанна, Ковыль камнелюбивый
- Serbian
- Kovilje, Ковиље
- Swedish
- Fjädergräs
- Ukrainian
- Ковила пірчаста, Ковила каменелюбна
- war
- Stipa
Synonyms
- Stipa anomala P.A.Smirn. ex Roshev.
- Stipa borysthenica subsp. germanica (Erdtman) Martinovský & Rausch
- Stipa eriocaulis subsp. austriaca (Beck) Moraldo & Ricceri
- Stipa joannis Čelak.
- Stipa lithophila P.A.Smirn.
- Stipa mediterranea subsp. gallica (Čelak.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Stipa pennata f. gallica (Steven) Brand
- Stipa pennata f. penicillifera Pacz.
- Stipa pennata subsp. joannis (Čelak.) Pacz.
- Stipa pennata var. appendiculata Čelak.
- Stipa pennata var. joannis (Čelak.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Stipa pennata var. rigida (Roshev.) Tzvelev
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 34 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Евгений Маринкин, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Fyodor Pudovikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sten Porse, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Radosław Puchałka, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Полина Полежанкина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Oleg Kosterin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.