Stipa capillata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Stipeae
Genus: Stipa
Species: Stipa capillata

Stipa capillata L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 116 (1762)

Homotypic
- Aristida avenacea Houtt. in Nat. Hist. 2(13): 375 (1782)
Heterotypic
- Stipa capillaris Gromov ex Trautv. in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 350 (1884), nom. nud.
- Stipa capillata var. orthopogon Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 110 (1899)
- Stipa capillata f. orthopogon (Asch. & Graebn.) Morariu in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 197 (1972)
- Stipa capillata var. rumelica Velen. in Fl. Bulg.: 605 (1891)
- Stipa capillata f. ulopogon (Asch. & Graebn.) Morariu in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 197 (1972)
- Stipa capillata var. ulopogon Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 110 (1899)
- Stipa erecta Trin. in Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 81 (1830)
- Stipa juncea Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 157 (1791), nom. superfl.
- Stipa juncea var. cabanasii F.M.Vázquez & Devesa in Acta Bot. Malac. 21: 149 (1996)
- Stipa lagascae Guss. in Pl. Rar.: 48 (1826), nom. illeg.
- Stipa thessala Hausskn. in Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, n.f., 13-14: 41 (1899)
- Stipa ucranica Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 340 (1817), nom. superfl.
- Stipa ukranensis Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 157 (1791)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Cosmopolitan
- Regionalː Eurasia
  - Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, China North-Central, Chita, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Irkutsk, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Mongolia, North Caucasus, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Poland, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya
- Introduced into:
  - Baltic States
- Doubtfully present in:
  - Nepal

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.
Hassler, M. & Muer, T. 2022. Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild. 2 vols., 1712 pp., Verlag Regionalkultur (Ubstadt-Weiher). ISBN 978-3-95505-333-8 Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Stipa capillata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Stipa capillata. Published online. Accessed: January 30 2026. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Stipa capillata in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: January 30. Reference page.