Introductory
SPECIES: Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn 



ABBREVIATION : 
ARIPUR

SYNONYMS : 
   Aristida fendleriana Steud. [23,24]
   A. longiseta Steud. [23,24,37]
   A. purpurea var. robusta (Merrill) A. Holg. & N. Holg.
     = A. purpurea var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey [22,32]
   A. purpurea var. glauca (Nees) A. Holg. & N. Holg. [22]
     = A. purpurea var. nealleyi (Vasey) Allred [32]
   A. wrightii Nash [23,24,33]
     = A. purpurea var. wrightii (Nash) Allred [26,32]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   ARPU9
   ARPUL
   ARPUN
   ARPUP5
   ARPUP6
   ARPUW


COMMON NAMES : 
   purple threeawn
   red threeawn
   wiregrass
   democrat grass


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of purple threeawn is Aristida
purpurea Nutt. [26, 32,60,61].  Varieties are as follows:

A. purpurea var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey   Fendler or red threeawn
A. purpurea var. nealleyi (Vasey) Allred   blue threeawn
A. purpurea var. parishii (A.S. Hitchc.) Allred   Parish's threeawn [22,32] 
A. purpurea var. purpurea Nutt.   purple threeawn [22,26,32]
A. purpurea var. wrightii (Nash) Allred   Wright's threeawn [22,32]

The typical variety of purple threeawn is referred to several times in
this report.  Since both the species as a whole (A. purpurea) and the
typical variety (A. purpurea var. purpurea) share the same common name
("purple threeawn"), the typical variety will be preceded by its
scientific name in parentheses when it is discussed in this report.
Otherwise, "purple threeawn" refers to the species as a whole.


LIFE FORM : 
Graminoid

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Gail Winkler, July 1987


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
Janet L. Howard, April 1997


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Howard, Janet L., 1997; Winkler, Gail, 1987. Aristida purpurea. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Aristida purpurea | Purple Threeawn