Description: Native, warm-season, short, tufted, tussocky perennial, to 40 cm tall. Date: 14 November 2010, 14:02. Source: Aristida behriana plant7. Author: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Aristida purpurascens. October. Photo from Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses by J.H. Miller and K.V. Miller, published by The University of Georgia Press in cooperation with the Southern Weed Science Society. Date: 2 May 2012. Source: : This image is Image Number 1120297 at Forestry Images, a source for forest health, natural resources and silviculture images operated by The Bugwood Network at the University of Georgia and the USDA Forest Service.. Author: James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org.
Description: Before maturity the awns stick together and it appears only 1 awn is present - can then be mistaken for an Austrostipa species. Date: 7 April 2012, 17:59. Source: Aristida acuta flowerhead4. Author: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia. Camera location31° 02′ 30.85″ S, 152° 45′ 08.65″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-31.041903; 152.752404.
Description: Native, warm-season, short, tufted, tussocky perennial, to 40 cm tall. Date: 14 November 2010, 13:57. Source: Aristida behriana plant6. Author: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia.
Description: Before maturity the awns stick together and it appears only 1 awn is present - can then be mistaken for an Austrostipa species. Date: 7 April 2012, 17:59. Source: Aristida acuta flowerhead5. Author: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia. Camera location31° 02′ 30.85″ S, 152° 45′ 08.65″ EView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap-31.041903; 152.752404.
Description: Flowerheads are contracted, dense panicles, scarcely exerted above the uppermost leaves and 6–12 cm long. Date: 3 April 2008, 08:38. Source: Aristida behriana flowerhead1. Author: Harry Rose from South West Rocks, Australia.
March 31, 2011, Olympus Hills Park, Salt Lake County, Utah. Aristida purpurea, one of my favorite grasses, is one of our many important native grasses; like mosses, they are largely unrecognized but critical to our native ecosytems.