Stipa comata Calflora

Calflora

Taxon Report 12044

Stipa comata Trin. & Rupr.

Needle-and-thread

2009 Steve Matson

2004 Robert Sivinski

2008 Sean B. Smith

2011 RT Hawke

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


	Plant Range Observation Search (334 records) Plant Characteristics

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Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Stipa
Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. comata ... var. intermedia

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

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Hesperostipa comata

More information about Stipa comata


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (HECOC8) BONAP Distribution Map	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape Photos on PlantID.net Google Images Consortium of California Herbaria 2	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, including the Consortium of California Herbaria. [web application]. 2022. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 05/17/2022).