Aristida purpurea Nutt., 1835 18% complete

Purple threeawn

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 145 (1835)

Data sources

Each value Trefle shows for Aristida purpurea, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced4 Differs from sources1 Source not recorded9 Not on the record1 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data
Field Shown What the sources say
Core
Author Nutt. No source recorded
Source not recorded
Bibliography Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 5: 145 (1835) No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phylum Tracheophyta No source recorded
Source not recorded
Rank species No source recorded
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Status accepted No source recorded
Source not recorded
Year 1835 No source recorded
Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name Purple threeawn No source recorded
Source not recorded
Observations WC. & S. U.S.A. to Mexico, Cuba to Hispaniola No source recorded
Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height 19 cm Differs from sources
Growth habit Graminoid
  • Graminoid · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19
    value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded
Sourced
Vegetable false No source recorded
Source not recorded
Phenology
Duration perennial
  • perennial · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 71 observations · 2026-10-09
    TRY 7.0 datasets 110, 193, 296, 432, 460, 818
Sourced
Ecology
Nitrogen fixation None Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth 97 cm Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio empty Not on the record