Stipa stillmanii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Stipa stillmanii Bol.

Stillman's needle grass

2018 Julie Kierstead Nelson

2020 Art Clark

2017 Belinda Lo

1996 Dean Wm. Taylor

2012 Belinda Lo

2023 Matt Berger

2017 Belinda Lo

Stipa stillmanii is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.

also called Achnatherum stillmanii


	Plant Range Observation Search ~159 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Stipa
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Ultramafic affinity: 1.1 - weak indicator / indifferent

Communities: Yellow Pine Forest, Red Fir Forest

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF

Alternate Names:


JEF	Achnatherum stillmanii
iNat	Barkworthia stillmanii
PLANTS	Achnatherum stillmanii

Information about Stipa stillmanii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (ACST7) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).