Pheasant's-tail - (Anemanthele lessoniana) - Species

Pheasant's-tail - Anemanthele lessoniana

Favourite Photos

species	author	location	uploaded	taken
Pheasant's-tail - Anemanthele lessoniana	dylan	Bristol	17 Feb 2023, 5:11 p.m.	14 Feb 2023, 2:34 p.m.
Pheasant's-tail - Anemanthele lessoniana	dylan	Bristol	11 Apr 2023, 1:58 p.m.	10 Apr 2023, 5:28 p.m.
Pheasant's-tail - Anemanthele lessoniana	dylan	Bristol	11 Apr 2023, 1:58 p.m.	10 Apr 2023, 5:28 p.m.
Pheasant's-tail - Anemanthele lessoniana	dylan	Bristol	11 Apr 2023, 1:58 p.m.	10 Apr 2023, 5:28 p.m.
Pheasant's-tail - Anemanthele lessoniana	dylan	Bristol	21 Nov 2023, 5:02 p.m.	12 Nov 2023, 1:34 p.m.
Pheasant's-tail - Anemanthele lessoniana	dylan	Floating Harbour and River Avon	9 Feb 2024, 12:57 a.m.	6 Feb 2024, 1:46 p.m.

Species Description

Very scattered throughout the UK. It is widely grown and may self-sow. Habitat includes: gardens, parks, allotments, churchyards, pavements, wasteland, tips etc. Growing habit: Tufted Perennial. Height: Up to 75 cm. Flowers: June to September. Native to New Zealand.

Stace 4:

Anemanthele lessoniana (Steud.) Veldkamp (Stipa arundinacea (Hook. f.) Benth.) - Pheasant's-tail.

Stems to 75cm, densely tufted; leaves becoming reddish-brown and frayed at ends; panicle with long central axis bearing at each node several slender branches with well separated spikelets; glumes 2-3.5mm; lemma about 2mm plus awn 6-8mm; (2n=40-44). Neophyte-naturalised; now much grown as ornamental and readily self-sowing in cracks and rough ground; England and Scotland North to Moray, South & East Ireland, mainly South England; New Zealand.

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