Cape Ricegrass

Stipa capensis

''Stipa capensis'', the Mediterranean needle-grass, cape rice grass, Mediterranean steppegrass or twisted-awned speargrass, is an annual grass from family Poaceae.
Stipa capensis S Israel, Beer- Sheva Geotagged,Israel,Spring,Stipa capensis

Distribution

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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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassMonocots
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusStipa
SpeciesS. capensis
Photographed in
Israel