Pappostipa speciosa
Pappostipa speciosa
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
Pappostipa speciosa is a plant of drier areas ,usually found in Mediterranean climates with mild winters and warm to hot summers. It grows in the cool season and flowers in the spring. It can tolerate arid areas, and is usually found there the mean annual rainfall is within the range 150 - 500mm[1]. The plant requires a sunny position in a well-drained soil. It typically grows on coarse soils with little or no profile development, including alluvial fans, dry rocky hills, talus slopes, and in canyons[1]. Seed production is highly variable depending on rainfall, and little seed is produced when soil moisture is low and temperatures are high[1].
Propagation
Seed - best sown as soon as it is ripe. Division of the clump. Cite as: Temperate Plants Database, Ken Fern. temperate.theferns.info. 2026-02-21. <temperate.theferns.info/plant/Pappostipa+speciosa>
Pollinators
Wind
References
- [1]Plants Database — United States Department of Agriculture · http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet ↩︎An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants.
- [2]Manual of the Grasses of the United States — Hitchcock. A. S. · Dover Publications. New York. · 1971 · ISBN 0-486-22717-0 ↩︎A nice and comprehensive flora, though a bit dated. Good line drawings of each plant, plus a brief idea of the habitat and a few notes on plant uses. Not for the casual reader.
- [3]Native American Ethnobotany — Moerman. D. · Timber Press. Oregon. · 1998 · ISBN 0-88192-453-9 ↩︎Very comprehensive but terse guide to the native uses of plants. Excellent bibliography, fully referenced to each plant, giving a pathway to further information. Not for the casual reader.