Stipa calamagrostis (L.) Wahlenb. (Poaceae) is native to Albania, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita, France, Germany, Greece, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Italy, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tuva, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutiya.
