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Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. wrightii (Nash) Allred
Wright's threeawn

       
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Aristida wrightii

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Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. wrightii (Nash) Allred

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Synonyms:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. wrightii (Nash) Allred

  ARBR10 Aristida brownii Warnock
  ARWR Aristida wrightii Nash
 

Distribution:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. wrightii (Nash) Allred

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Related Taxa:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. wrightii (Nash) Allred

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 38 species in Aristida, 7 varieties in Aristida purpurea Nutt.
 

Classification:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. wrightii (Nash) Allred

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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. wrightii (Nash) Allred – Wright's threeawn
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. wrightii (Nash) Allred

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. 589pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Aristida purpurea Nutt. var. wrightii (Nash) Allred

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 185317.

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

 
 
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