STIPA
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STIPA
Commonly known as Spear grass
Genus of about 150 species of bristly, tufted, evergreen or deciduous perennial grasses from open woodland and stony slopes in temperate and warm-temperate areas worldwide.
Provide crops for forage as well as having many ornamental forms. Esparto grass (S. tenacissima) is used for craftwork (espadrilles) and papermaking.
Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes
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Good to know
Grown for narrow panicles of flat spikelets, often with long, feathery or bristly awns from early summer to autumn. May be dried and dyed for flower arrangements. -
Place of origin
Temperate and warm-temperate areas worldwide -
Deciduous
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Evergreen
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Ornamental grasses
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