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PRE — Plant Risk Evaluator

Stipa purpurata

by Steve Matson
Common Name(s)
Bristly needlegrass
Synonym(s)
Piptochaetium setosum, Piptochaetium fuscum

Is this plant a cultivar?  No

Life History:  Perennial

Growth Form:  grass

South America

A perennial grass.
According to Tropicos, this name is a replacement for Piptochaetium setosum as of 2010. What little information I could find was under the older name.

External Resources
GBIF Species Page
USDA PLANTS
Tropicos
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