PLANTS Profile for Triplasis purpurea (purple sandgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.
purple sandgrass

Symbol:

TRPU4

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 235. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.

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Synonyms:
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.

TRIN7

Triplasis intermedia Nash

Distribution:
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.


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USA (AL, AR, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, WI), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 2 species in Triplasis

Classification:
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.

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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	Triplasis P. Beauv. – sandgrass
Species	Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm. – purple sandgrass

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
purple sand grass		Historical
Pennsylvania:
purple sandgrass		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41284.

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/26/2008 02:57 AM MDT