| Name | Stipa tortilis Desfontaines |
| Authorship | Desfontaines |
| Rank | Species |
| Placed in | Stipa Linnaeus |
| Contains | Stipa tortilis var. pubescens Ball |
| Citation | 1798 Fl. Atlant. 1: 99, pl. 31, f. 1 |
| Holdings | 5 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Stipa tortilis Desfontaines |
| Identification made in | [no date] (5) |