Latin name: Stipa coronata Thurber
Pronunciation: STY-pa kor-on-AY-ta
Common name: Giant stipa
Family: Poaceae (Grass)
Habitat: Dry slopes and gravelly, rocky places to 5000', chaparral, coastal sage scrub
Blooming period: April to June
Name derivations: 1) Stipa 2) coronata
Formerly Achnatherum coronatum
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