''Stipa zalesskii'' is a grass found in

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. It is an important grass in

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. Its culms are 30–75 cm long and the leaf-blades 20–35 cm long by 0.6–1 mm wide.

Synonyms

* ''Stipa canescens'' P.A.Smirn. ex Roshev. * ''Stipa dobrogensis'' Prodán * ''Stipa glabrata'' P.A.Smirn. * ''Stipa iljinii'' Roshev. * ''Stipa krascheninnikowii'' Roshev. * ''Stipa maeotica'' Klokov & Osychnyuk * ''Stipa maeotica'' Klokov & Ossycznjuk * ''Stipa pennata'' subsp. ''zalesskii'' (Wilensky) Freitag * ''Stipa rubens'' P.A.Smirn. * ''Stipa rubentiformis'' P.A.Smirn. * ''Stipa smirnovii'' Martinovský * ''Stipa turcomanica'' P.A.Smirn. * ''Stipa ucrainica'' P.A.Smirn. * ''Stipa zalesskii'' subsp. ''canescens'' (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev * ''Stipa zalesskii'' var. ''glabrata'' (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev * ''Stipa zalesskii'' var. ''iljinii'' (Roshev.) Tzvelev * ''Stipa zalesskii'' var. ''maeotica'' (Klokov) Tzvelev * ''Stipa zalesskii'' var. ''rubens'' (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev * ''Stipa zalesskii'' subsp. ''turcomanica'' (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev * ''Stipa zalesskii''subsp. ''ucrainica'' (P.A.Smirn.) Tzvelev

References

* Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 21: 232. 1925. (Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.) * Fl. Kavkaza 1:67. 1928 (D. G. Wilensky, Dnevn. Vserossijsk. S'ezda Russk. Bot. 1:41. 1921, nom. nud.)
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