Английская Википедия:Celtica gigantea
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Celtica gigantea, commonly called giant feather grass, giant needle grass, or golden oats, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco.[1] It is still widely referenced in the horticultural literature under its synonym Stipa gigantea.[2]
Description
Celtica gigantea is a bunchgrass with leaf blades that are narrow and gray-green, creating a bunchgrass foliage mass Шаблон:Convert in diameter. It is evergreen to semi-evergreen, depending on the climate.[3]
The plant has prominent flower spikes emerging silver-lavender in the late spring, aging to a radiant golden over the summer, and persisting in tan into winter. The spikes typically grow to Шаблон:Convert tall, rising high above the foliage.[4][3]
Cultivation
Celtica gigantea is grown as an ornamental grass for planting as single specimens and massed drifts in parks, public landscapes, and gardens.[4] It is used in drought tolerant and Mediterranean climate—plant palette gardens.[3]
The tall golden flower spikes are attractive on the plant, especially radiant when backlit by the sun.[5] They may also be used for dried flowers.
Under the synonym Stipa gigantea this plant[2][6] and the cultivar 'Gold Fontaene'[7] have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 San Marcos Growers: Stipa gigantea (Giant Needle Grass) . accessed 6.26.2012
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Fine Gardening Plant Guide: Stipa gigantea (Giant feather grass, Golden oats) . accessed 6.26.2012
- ↑ Perennials.com: Plant Profile for Stipa gigantea - Giant Feather Grass . accessed 6.26.2012
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web