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Scientific Name: | Stipa gigantea |
Common Name: | giant feather grass |
Family Name: | Poaceae |
Origin: | Africa, Europe |
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
Plant Type: | Poales (grass-like) |
Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
Habit: | Arching, Upright |
Form: | Round |
Texture: | Fine |
Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Fall interest, Specimen plant |
Exposure: | Full sun |
Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry |
Leaves: | Grass-like, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Parallel venation, Glabrous, Linear, Entire |
Flowers: | Spikelet, Purple, Bronze, Jun-Jul |
Fruit: | Grain (caryopsis), Brown, Aug-Sep, (Persistent) |
Key ID Features: | |
Tall tufted evergreen grass; leaves arching to 2.4m high, spikelets oat-like, in large panicles. |