Stipellula capensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Genus: | Stipellula |
| Species: | S. capensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Stipellula capensis (Thunb.) Röser & Hamasha
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Stipellula capensis, the Mediterranean needle-grass,[2] Cape rice grass, Mediterranean steppegrass or twisted-awned speargrass, is an annual grass from family Poaceae.[3]
The species ranges from the Canary Islands and Madeira through the Mediterranean basin and Western Asia to the Caucasus, Arabian Peninsula, and India, and is also native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[1] It is native to the Persian Gulf desert and semi-desert ecoregion.[4] In Persian it is called bahman and is probably the same plant which was used in the Persian festivity of bahmanagān.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Stipellula capensis (Thunb.) Röser & Hamasha". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Cal-IPC: Stipa capensis".
- ^ "Persian Gulf Desert and Semi-desert." Biomes & Ecosystems, Vol. 3, Robert Warren Howarth (ed.). Ipswich, MA: Salem Press, pp. 1000-1002.