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Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.

Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.

Triplasis purpurea
Photo: Albert Spear Hitchcock (1865–1935), Mary Agnes Chase (1869–1963), A. H. Baldwin, (Miss) M. D. Baker, Mary Wright Gill, Frank Lamson-Scribner, W. R. Scholl, Theodore Holm, Leta Hughey, Benjamin Y. Morrison, Mrs. George M. Mullett, Frances Carnes Weintraub, Edna May Whitehorn, or possibly another illustrator. · Public domain

Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.. Triplasis purpurea, the purple sand-grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to North America. The specific epithet purpurea is Latin for "purple", referencing the purple spikelets of the grass.

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Native range

Native range not recorded for this plant. Often a non-native cultivar or naturalized garden plant.

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