PLANTS Profile for Hesperostipa (needle and thread)

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PLANTS Profile

Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth
needle and thread

Symbol:

HESPE11

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

More Information:

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Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth

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Distribution:
Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth

View 342 genera in Poaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Hesperostipa comata (Trin. & Rupr.) Barkworth. .

Hesperostipa comata
needle and thread

Distribution of Hesperostipa curtiseta (Hitchc.) Barkworth. .

Hesperostipa curtiseta
shortbristle needle and thread

Distribution of Hesperostipa neomexicana (Thurb. ex J.M. Coult.) Barkworth. . Image Available.

Hesperostipa neomexicana
New Mexico feathergrass

Distribution of Hesperostipa spartea (Trin.) Barkworth. . Image Available.

Hesperostipa spartea
porcupinegrass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth – needle and thread

More Accounts and Images:
Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth

View species account from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 500937.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 02:18 PM CDT