Stipa lessingiana, called Lessing feather grass, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Stipa, found in steppes from Greece east to Mongolia, including the countries bordering the Black and Caspian Seas, Central Asia, western Siberia, the Altai, and Xinjiang in China.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Stipa |
| Species: | S. lessingiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Stipa lessingiana | |
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List
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On a 2019 postage stamp of Azerbaijan
References
edit- ^ Sp. Gram. Stipac.: 79 (1842)
- ^ a b "Stipa lessingiana Trin. & Rupr". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
- ^ "Stipa lessingiana Lessing feather grass". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 12 March 2021.