Stipa comata Calflora

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Taxon Report

Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr.

Needle-and-thread

2009 Steve Matson

2022 Julie A. Kierstead

2023 R.A. Chasey

2009 Steve Matson

2018 Stefan Eggenberg

2021 R.A. Chasey

Stipa comata is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in North America and beyond.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~456 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. comata ... var. intermedia
Genus:	Stipa
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Lodgepole Forest, Pinyon-Juniper Woodland

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + POWO

Alternate Names:


JEF	Hesperostipa comata
PLANTS	Hesperostipa comata ssp. comata

Information about Stipa comata from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (HECOC8) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/15/2025).