Stipa pulcherrimaK.Koch

WFO wfo-0000902705 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Stipa pulcherrima, photographed by Kristof Zyskowski
fig. a Kristof Zyskowski, CC BY 4.0 / 2018-05-15 / obs. 18266676
Stipa pulcherrima, photographed by Roman
fig. b Roman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135769916
Stipa pulcherrima, photographed by Roman
fig. c Roman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134880458
Stipa pulcherrima, photographed by Roman
fig. d Roman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135769886
Stipa pulcherrima, photographed by Roman
fig. e Roman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 134880476
Stipa pulcherrima, photographed by Елена Патерикина
fig. f Елена Патерикина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76404092
Stipa pulcherrima, photographed by Елена Патерикина
fig. g Елена Патерикина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76404187
Stipa pulcherrima, photographed by Елена Патерикина
fig. h Елена Патерикина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76404256

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Native range 26 botanical countries

Regions where Stipa pulcherrima is native: Iran, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, West Siberia, Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Sicilia, South European Russia, Ukraine IranKazakhstanKirgizstanNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistanWest SiberiaAlbaniaAustriaBulgariaCentral European RussiaCorseCzechia-SlovakiaEast European RussiaFranceGermanyGreeceHungaryItalyKrymNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSiciliaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Stipa pulcherrima, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Albania ALB EUROPE
Austria AUT
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
Corse COR
Czechia-Slovakia CZE
East European Russia RUE
France FRA
Germany GER
Greece GRC
Hungary HUN
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
Sicilia SIC
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR
Iran IRN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM
West Siberia WSB

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 45 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Stipa crassiculmis P.A.Smirn.
  • Stipa crassiculmis subsp. euroanatolica Martinovský
  • Stipa crassiculmis subsp. heterotricha Dihoru & Roman
  • Stipa crassiculmis subsp. picentina Martinovský, Moraldo & Caputo
  • Stipa epilosa Martinovský
  • Stipa epilosa subsp. montana Moraldo
  • Stipa etrusca Moraldo
  • Stipa glabrinoda Klokov
  • Stipa glabrinoda var. karadagensis (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
  • Stipa grafiana Steven
  • Stipa grafiana f. leiantha Borbás
  • Stipa grafiana f. pubiflora Borbás
  • Stipa heterophylla Klokov
  • Stipa jacobsii F.M.Vázquez
  • Stipa mediterranea (Trin. & Rupr.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Stipa mediterranea subsp. pulcherrima (K.Koch) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Stipa moraldoi Pînzaru
  • Stipa oligotricha subsp. etrusca (Moraldo) F.M.Vázquez
  • Stipa oreades Klokov
  • Stipa pennata f. pulcherrima (K.Koch) Brand
  • Stipa pennata subsp. grafiana (Steven) Kneuck.
  • Stipa pennata subsp. mediterranea (Trin. & Rupr.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Stipa pennata subsp. pulcherrima (K.Koch) Á.Löve & D.Löve
  • Stipa pennata var. breviglumis Maire

and 21 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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