Related feather grass ( lat. Stipa consanguinea ) - a species of herbaceous plants of the genus Rock grass ( Stipa ) of the family Cereals ( Poaceae ).
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Botanical Description
Perennial herbaceous plant forming a dense turf. Stems 15-50 cm high, straight or cranked.
Leaves are bristle-shaped, 0.3-0.8 mm in diameter, grayish-green in color. Ligula of vegetative leaves 1-3 mm long, stem - 1-1.5 mm long [2] [3] .
The inflorescence is a compressed panicle 6-8 cm long. Spikelet scales 1.5-2.5 mm long, lanceolate, pointed, lilac in color, with a whitish border. The lower floral scales are 8.5-10 mm, with hairs and a crown at the base of the spine. The awns are 8-10 cm long, cranked, purple. It blooms in May - June, bears fruit in July - August [2] [3] .
Fruits are carried by wind and animals [4] .
Ecology and distribution
Xerophyte . It lives in the steppes, rocky slopes, gravels at an altitude of 1800–2200 meters above sea level [3] .
Endemic of Altai . Rare finds of the species are known in the mountains of Western China and Mongolia .
Guard Status
It is listed in the Red Books of Russia and the Altai Republic [5] . It disappears due to the narrow environmental amplitude and grazing in the places of their growth [6] .
Notes
- ↑ For the conventionality of indicating the class of monocotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Monocotyledonous article .
- ↑ 1 2 Lomonosov, M.N. Flora of Siberia. - 1990. - T. 2.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Description in the Red Book of the Republic of Altai . Protected areas of Russia.
- ↑ Description in the Red Book of Russia . Protected areas of Russia.
- ↑ Related feather grass . Protected areas of Russia.
- ↑ Related feather grass . Official site of the Gorno - Altai Botanical Garden.
Links
| The Red Book of Russia the view disappears | |
- Related feather grass : information on the taxon in the Plantarium project (identifier of plants and an illustrated atlas of species).