| Scientific Name: | Stipa gigantea |
| Common Name: | giant feather grass |
| Family Name: | Poaceae |
| Origin: | Africa - northern, 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. | |