PLANTS Profile for Aristida purpurea var. longiseta (Fendler threeawn)

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Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey
Fendler threeawn

Symbol:

ARPUL

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey

Aristida longiseta

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 181. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey

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Synonyms:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey

	ARLO3	Aristida longiseta Steud.
	ARLOR2	Aristida longiseta Steud. var. rariflora Hitchc.
	ARLOR	Aristida longiseta Steud. var. robusta Merr.
	ARPUR3	Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. robusta (Merr.) Piper

Distribution:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey


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USA (AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, KS, LA, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SC, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey

View 341 genera in Poaceae, 38 species in Aristida, 7 varieties in Aristida purpurea Nutt.

Classification:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Aristida L. – threeawn
Species	Aristida purpurea Nutt. – purple threeawn
Variety	Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey – Fendler threeawn

U.S. Weed Information:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey

Aristida purpurea
purple threeawn
red threeawn

The related entities italicized and indented above can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

NE&GP

Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska.

More Accounts and Images:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. longiseta (Steud.) Vasey

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 185314.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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