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Common Name Sleepy Grass
Family Poaceae
USDA hardiness Coming soon
Known Hazards None known
Habitats Dry plains, hills and dry open woods[236].
Range Southern N. America - Colorado to western Texas, Arizona and north-western Mexico.
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Moist Soil Semi-shade Full sun
Stipa vaseyi Sleepy Grass


USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950.
Stipa vaseyi Sleepy Grass
http://swbiodiversity.org/

 

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Summary


Physical Characteristics

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Stipa vaseyi is a PERENNIAL growing to 1.5 m (5ft). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs).
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.

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Synonyms

Stipa robusta. Achnatherum robustum

Plant Habitats

 Cultivated Beds;

Edible Uses

None known

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Medicinal Uses

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Hypnotic

The plant is hypnotic[192]. It is used for inducing sleep[192].

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Other Uses

None known

Special Uses

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Cultivation details

Easily grown in an ordinary well-drained garden soil in full sun[1, 200]. Succeeds in dry soils.

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Plant Propagation

Seed - sow March in a greenhouse and only just cover the seed. Germination should take place within 2 weeks, but make sure that the compost does not dry out. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots when they are large enough to handle and plant them out in early summer. The seed can also be sown outdoors in April. Division in spring. Larger divisions can be planted out direct into their permanent positions. We have found it best to pot up the smaller divisions and grow them on in a lightly shaded position in a cold frame, planting them out once they are well established in the summer.

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Native Range

NORTHERN AMERICA: United States (Kansas (Greeley Co.), South Dakota (west), Colorado, Wyoming (south), New Mexico, Arizona), Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas)

Weed Potential

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Conservation Status

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Latin NameCommon NameHabitHeightHardinessGrowthSoilShadeMoistureEdibleMedicinalOther
Stipa splendensChee GrassPerennial1.8 6-9  LMHNDM002
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Stipa viridulaGreen NeedlegrassPerennial1.0 -  LMHSNM01 
Stipagrostis pungensDrinnPerennial1.0 10-12 FLMNDM312

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

 

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