Stipa sareptanaA.K.Becker

WFO wfo-0000902778 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 7 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 7 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 sareptana, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. a Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / 2013-06-27 / obs. 100093263
Stipa sareptana, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. b Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100093264
Stipa sareptana, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. c Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100093274
Stipa sareptana, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. d Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100093257
Stipa sareptana, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. e Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100093270
Stipa sareptana, photographed by Konstantin Grebennikov
fig. f Konstantin Grebennikov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 100093266
Stipa sareptana, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. g Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 90580043
Stipa sareptana, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. h Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 90580040

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Native range 19 botanical countries

Regions where Stipa sareptana is native: Altay, China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, North Caucasus, Qinghai, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uzbekistan, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Central European Russia, East European Russia, South European Russia AltayChina North-CentralInner MongoliaKazakhstanKirgizstanMongoliaNorth CaucasusQinghaiTadzhikistanTibetTranscaucasusTurkmenistanTuvaUzbekistanWest SiberiaXinjiangCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaSouth European Russia
Native distribution of Stipa sareptana, 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
Altay ALT ASIA-TEMPERATE
China North-Central CHN
Inner Mongolia CHI
Kazakhstan KAZ
Kirgizstan KGZ
Mongolia MON
North Caucasus NCS
Qinghai CHQ
Tadzhikistan TZK
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Turkmenistan TKM
Tuva TVA
Uzbekistan UZB
West Siberia WSB
Xinjiang CHX
Central European Russia RUC EUROPE
East European Russia RUE
South European Russia RUS

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 9 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 akseirica Kotukhov
  • Stipa anisotricha P.A.Smirn.
  • Stipa capillata var. sareptana (Beck) Schmalh.
  • Stipa praecapillata Alechin
  • Stipa sareptana subsp. anisotricha (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev
  • Stipa sareptana subsp. praecapillata (Alechin) Tzvelev
  • Stipa sareptana var. kasakorum Roshev.
  • Stipa sareptana var. sareptana
  • Stipa subsareptana B.Keller

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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