Poaceae
Stipa pulcherrima
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Stipa
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- عذم جميل
- Bulgarian
- Красиво коило
- Czech
- Kavyl sličný
- German
- Großes Federgras
- hsb
- Wulka kowjel
- Hungarian
- Csinos árvalányhaj
- Persian
- استپی طناز
- Polish
- Ostnica powabna
- Russian
- Ковыль красивейший, Ковыль Граффа
- Serbian
- Лепо ковиље
- Slovak
- Kavyľ pôvabný
- Ukrainian
- Ковила найкрасивіша, Ковила гірська
Synonyms
- Stipa crassiculmis P.A.Smirn.
- Stipa crassiculmis subsp. euroanatolica Martinovský
- Stipa crassiculmis subsp. heterotricha Dihoru & Roman
- Stipa crassiculmis subsp. picentina Martinovský, Moraldo & Caputo
- Stipa epilosa Martinovský
- Stipa epilosa subsp. montana Moraldo
- Stipa etrusca Moraldo
- Stipa glabrinoda Klokov
- Stipa glabrinoda var. karadagensis (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
- Stipa grafiana Steven
- Stipa grafiana f. leiantha Borbás
- Stipa grafiana f. pubiflora Borbás
- Stipa heterophylla Klokov
- Stipa jacobsii F.M.Vázquez
- Stipa mediterranea (Trin. & Rupr.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Stipa mediterranea subsp. pulcherrima (K.Koch) Asch. & Graebn.
- Stipa moraldoi Pînzaru
- Stipa oligotricha subsp. etrusca (Moraldo) F.M.Vázquez
- Stipa oreades Klokov
- Stipa pennata f. pulcherrima (K.Koch) Brand
- Stipa pennata subsp. grafiana (Steven) Kneuck.
- Stipa pennata subsp. mediterranea (Trin. & Rupr.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Stipa pennata subsp. pulcherrima (K.Koch) Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Stipa pennata var. breviglumis Maire
- Stipa pennata var. grafiana (Steven) Beck
- Stipa pennata var. mediterranea Trin. & Rupr.
- Stipa pennata var. pulcherrima (K.Koch) Asch. & Graebn.
- Stipa pennata var. pulcherrima (K.Koch) Halácsy
- Stipa pennata var. pulcherrima (K.Koch) Beck
- Stipa platyphylla Czern. ex Trautv.
- Stipa pseudomontana Landolt
- Stipa pulcherrima f. leiantha (Borbás) Soó
- Stipa pulcherrima f. nudicostata Martinovský
- Stipa pulcherrima f. pubiflora (Borbás) Soó
- Stipa pulcherrima subsp. crassiculmis (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev
- Stipa pulcherrima subsp. epilosa (Martinovský) Tzvelev
- Stipa pulcherrima subsp. glabrinoda (Klokov) Tzvelev
- Stipa pulcherrima subsp. grafiana (Steven) Pacz.
- Stipa pulcherrima subsp. mediterranea (Trin. & Rupr.) O.Schwarz
- Stipa pulcherrima subsp. palatina H.Scholz & Korneck
and 5 more.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
Photos
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Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stefan.lefnaer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.