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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aristida purpurascens   FAMILY Poaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25 (2003)

Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-010:

Aristida purpurascens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)

Aristida purpurascens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Aristida purpurascens

 

COMMON NAME:
Arrowfeather, Arrowfeather Three-awn


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image of Aristida purpurascens, Arrowfeather, Arrowfeather Three-awn

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950    pnd_arpu8_002_lvd

        

image of Aristida purpurascens, Arrowfeather, Arrowfeather Three-awn

JK Marlow    jkm230228_1315

February    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Leaves 15-30cm long and 1-2mm wide, curling with age and forming ringlets, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Aristida purpurascens, Arrowfeather, Arrowfeather Three-awn

JK Marlow    jkm230228_1316

February    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Awns divergent, 10-25mm long, central awn ascending, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Aristida purpurascens, Arrowfeather, Arrowfeather Three-awn

JK Marlow    jkm230228_1317

February    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Spikelets with 3 straight to spreading awns, 12-25mm long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

image of Aristida purpurascens, Arrowfeather, Arrowfeather Three-awn

JK Marlow    jkm0510f_22

October    Oconee County    SC

Field

image of Aristida purpurascens, Arrowfeather, Arrowfeather Three-awn

JK Marlow    s081026_b

October    Oconee County    SC

image of Aristida purpurascens, Arrowfeather, Arrowfeather Three-awn

JK Marlow    jkm0411e_25

November    York County    SC

Blackjacks Heritage Preserve

image of Aristida purpurascens, Arrowfeather, Arrowfeather Three-awn

JK Marlow    jkm231114_6838

November    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Aristida purpurascens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 25
Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 029-38-010:
Aristida purpurascens   FAMILY Poaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Aristida purpurascens

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Aristida purpurascens

 

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2280

Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial

Habitat: Dry habitats, especially in dry sandy or rocky soils, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain & Carolina Piedmont, uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Mountains

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly low alternate, 2-ranked

FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Panicle greenish

Inflorescence a panicle

FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Grain olive
Grain

 

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