Stipa capillata L., 1762 25% complete

Dwarf feather grass

Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 116 (1762)


Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Stipa capillata, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced7 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record8 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author L. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 116 (1762) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
Source not recorded
Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1762 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Dwarf feather grass No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations Europe to N. China and Himalaya No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 53 cm
  • 52.75 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 500, 818, 898, 918, 926
Differs from sources
Biological type hemicryptophyte
  • hemicryptophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 500, 918
Sourced
Foliage texture empty Not on the record
Fruit shape empty Not on the record
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Maximum height 95 cm
  • 95 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 164, 500, 818, 898, 918, 926
Sourced
Sexuality empty Not on the record
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 14 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 818, 918
Sourced
Ecology
Ground humidity empty
  • 2 / 12 · dry (perxerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Light empty Not on the record
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Soil nutriments empty
  • 2 / 9 · very poor (peroligotrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242
Not on the record
Soil salinity 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils
  • 0 / 9 · absent from saline soils · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489
Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 82 cm Sourced
Other
Soil ph indicator — Not on the record
Temperature indicator — Not on the record