Stipa tenacissima, Esparto grass - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Esparto, Esparto grass, Halfah grass, Needles grass

Botanical name & synonyms: Stipa tenacissima, Lasiagrostis tenacissima, Macrochloa tenacissima, Stipa gabesensis, Stipa kelibiae, Stipa kralifii, Stipa tenacissima var. villosiuscula, Stipa tortilis

Family: Gramineae, true grasses (Poaceae)

• native to western Mediterranean region
  

• perennial
  

• 60 to 130cm
  

• fiber producing plant
  

• moderately frost resistant