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Aristida purpurea
Also called Democrat Grass, Wiregrass, Purple Threeawn Grass, Purple Three Awn, Red Threeawn
Aristida purpurea is a perennial bunchgrass native to North America, growing erect to under a metre tall, with reddish-purple flower glumes. It is a drought-tolerant grass of open plains and grassland, best grown in full sun with lean, well-drained soil.
Aristida purpurea is a species of grass native to North America which is known by the common name purple three-awn.
This grass is fairly widespread and can be found across the western two thirds of the United States, much of southern Canada and parts of northern Mexico. It is most abundant on the plains.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aristida purpurea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
