Kingdom Plantae Family Poaceae Rank Species | Order Poales Genus Stipa | |
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Similar Stipa lagascae, Stipa barbata, Piptatherum miliaceum, Rostraria, Piptatherum | ||
Stipa capensis, the Mediterranean needle-grass, cape rice grass, Mediterranean steppegrass or twisted-awned speargrass, is an annual grass from family Poaceae.
It is normally found in the Persian Gulf desert ad semi-desert biome. In Persian it is called bahman and is probably the same plant which was used in the Persian festivity of bahmanagān.
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