Hesperostipa

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|image_caption = Hesperostipa neomexicana

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|taxon = Hesperostipa

|authority = (M.K.Elias) Barkworth{{Cite web |date=1997-12-11 |title=Genus: Hesperostipa (Elias) Barkworth |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?17300 |access-date=2013-08-16 |website=Germplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture}}{{ITIS |id=500937 |taxon=Hesperostipa |accessdate=2013-08-16}}

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Hesperostipa is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as needle-and-thread grass or needlegrass.

The Hesperostipa species, formerly called Stipa, are endemic to North America. The new name adds {{Langx|grc-x-classic|ἕσπερος|lit=western|translit=hesperos}}, as other Stipa species are found on the Eurasian continent (i.e., the eastern hemisphere).{{Cite web |title=Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ἕσπερος |url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0058:entry=e(/speros |access-date=2021-08-25 |website=www.perseus.tufts.edu}}{{Cite journal |last=Barkworth |first=Mary E. |date=1993 |title=North American Stipeae (Gramineae): Taxonomic changes and other comments |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/2304 |journal=Phytologia |volume=74 |pages=1–25 |doi=10.5962/bhl.part.2304 |doi-access=free}}