Stipa nelsonii Calflora

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Taxon Report

Stipa nelsonii Scribn.

Mountain needle grass

2022 John Rawlings

2005 Steve Matson

2012 Belinda Lo

Stipa nelsonii is a perennial grasslike herb that is native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~120 records in California Plant Characteristics

Bloom Period

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. dorei
Genus:	Stipa
Family:	Poaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Monocot
Jepson eFlora section: monocot

Wetlands:
Arid West: Occurs usually in non wetlands, occasionally in wetlands
Mountains, Valleys and Coast: Occurs in non wetlands

Name Status:

Alternate Names:


Calflora	Achnatherum nelsonii
iNat	Eriocoma nelsonii var. dorei

Information about Stipa nelsonii from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. USDA PLANTS Profile (ACNEN2) 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).