Stipa lessingiana

Sunset

Feather grass (stipa)

Click to Enlarge

Zones 1-24

Full

Moderate

Siberian Steppe Grass
Poaceae (Gramineae)
Ornamental grasses and grasslike plants

STIPA

These clump-forming grasses produce large, open, airy inflorescences that can add lightness and motion to the garden. The genus has undergone much revision by botanists, and some of its former members are now known by other names; see Nassella for descriptions of California native needle grasses and the highly ornamental Mexican feather grass.

Stipa lessingiana

Native to Turkey, Caucasus, Siberia, China. This grass grows 30 in. tall, 20 in. wide. Open, airy sheaves of creamy flowers bloom in early summer, last into winter.