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Fig. 440. Stipa speciosa Trin. & Rupr. Sp. Grain. Stip. 45. 

 1842. Showy Feather-grass. — A rather stout, erect, crespitose 

 perennial 3 to 6 dm. high, with long, narrow, radical leaves and 

 erect, contracted panicles 12 to 16 cm. long. Spikelets 16 to 18 

 mm. long, with silky-pubescent flowering glumes (6) 10 to 12 mm. 

 long. Awn 3 to 4 cm. long, plumose helow the middle. — Dry soil, 

 Colorado and Arizona to southern and Lower California. [South 

 America.] April-September. 



