Stipa sibirica (L.) Lam.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Achnatherum avenoides (Honda) D.M.Chang; Achnatherum sibiricum var. qinghaiense Yu J.Wang; Avena sibirica L.; Oryzopsis sibirica (L.) Beal; Stipa avenoides Honda; Stipa sibirica (L.) Lam.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Achnatherum sibiricum (L.) Keng ex Tzvelev
  • Habit : Herb
  • Comments / notes : A widespread species 1200 and 2500 m which has a reputation for being poisonous to stock. However, its toxicity is not so severe that cattle, sheep and goats cannot learn to avoid it before coming to too much harm.
  • Flower, Fruit : July-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Altay, Amur, Buryatiya, China, Chita, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Qinghai, Tibet, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjia
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Temperate Asia to Himalaya
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 275
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Stipa sibirica. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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