Stipa barbata is a species of perennial grass native to southern Europe, North Africa, and the Levant in the Mediterranean Basin, and temperate Asia.

Stipa barbata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Stipa
Species:	S. barbata
Binomial name
Stipa barbata Desf.

The plant is a bunchgrass with:

• culms that are 30–60 cm long
• leaf blades are flexuous, filiform, conduplicate or involute.
• leaf blades are 15–30 cm long by 1–2 mm wide.

References

• GBIF entry
• Flora Atlantica sive Historia Plantarum, quae in Atlante... 1:97, t. 27. 1798.

External links

Media related to Stipa barbata at Wikimedia Commons

Wikispecies has information related to Stipa barbata.

• GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora — (kew.org)
• USDA Plants Profile: Stipa barbata