About Stipa pulcherrima K.Koch
Stipa pulcherrima K.Koch is a grass that grows 40 to 100 centimeters (16 to 39 inches) tall. Its eciliate membrane measures 5 to 7 millimeters (0.20 to 0.28 inches) long. Leaf-blades are erect, conduplicated, and sometimes ascending; they are 20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches) long and 1 to 1.5 millimeters (0.039 to 0.059 inches) wide, with a surface that is smooth, and may also be scaberulous and glabrous.
Panicles are smooth, contracted, elliptic, and 10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches) in length. They bear a small number of spikelets, which are glabrous or ciliate, and measure 45 to 70 millimeters (1.8 to 2.8 inches) in length. Compressed spikelets contain only 1 floret, with no rhachilla extension. The floret callus is elongated, bearded, pungent, straight to curved, and 3 to 4 millimeters (0.12 to 0.16 inches) long. Glumes are similar in form to the fertile spikelet. The lower glume is lanceolate and 60 to 80 millimeters (2.4 to 3.1 inches) long. The upper glume is also lanceolate and 40 to 70 millimeters (1.6 to 2.8 inches) long. This species is distributed across southern, central, and eastern Europe, and extends into the Caucasus and parts of western and central Asia.
