Poaceae
Purple reedgrass
Calamagrostis purpurascens
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Calamagrostis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Danish
- Purpur-Rørhvene
- English
- Purple reedgrass
Synonyms
- Arundo purpurascens (R.Br.) Schult. & Schult.f.
- Calamagrostis arundinacea f. purpurascens (R.Br.) Gelert
- Calamagrostis arundinacea var. purpurascens (R.Br.) Porsild
- Calamagrostis purpurascens var. purpurascens
- Calamagrostis purpurascens var. typica Louis-Marie
- Calamagrostis purpurascens var. vaseyi M.E.Jones
- Calamagrostis vaseyi Beal
- Deyeuxia purpurascens (R.Br.) Kunth
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Greenland: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.