Poaceae

Calamagrostis purpurea (Trin.) Trin.

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Calamagrostis

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Calamagrostis purpurea: Plant species Calamagrostis phragmitoides in botanical garden in Helsinki city — Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (15)

arz: كالاماجروستيس بوربوريا
Belarusian: Пажарніца высокая
Chinese: 大叶章, 大葉章, 小叶章
Czech: Třtina nachová, Třtina nachová zprohýbaná
Estonian: Verev kastik, Roogkastik
Finnish: Korpikastikka
German: Purpur-Reitgras
hsb: Purpurowa smjelzyna
Hungarian: Pirosló nádtippan
Icelandic: Purpurahálmur
Japanese: アッケシイワノガリヤス
Norwegian Bokmål: Skogrørkvein
Russian: Вейник бурый, Вейник высокий, Вейник извилистый, Вейник Лангсдорфа, Вейник Поплавской, Вейник пурпурный, Вейник тростниковидный
Swedish: Brunrör
Welsh: Corsen fach y Gogledd

Synonyms

Agrostis groenlandica Steud.
Arundo langsdorffii Link
Arundo purpurea Trin.
Calamagrostis amurensis Prob.
Calamagrostis baicalensis Litv.
Calamagrostis barbata V.N.Vassil.
Calamagrostis canadensis subsp. langsdorffii (Link) Hultén
Calamagrostis canadensis var. langsdorffii (Link) Inman
Calamagrostis canadensis var. punctulata (Ohwi) T.Shimizu
Calamagrostis confusa V.N.Vassil.
Calamagrostis elata Blytt
Calamagrostis elata var. pallidiflora Blytt
Calamagrostis flexuosa Rupr.
Calamagrostis fusca Kom.
Calamagrostis grandis Petrov
Calamagrostis halleriana var. langsdorffii (Link) Hack.
Calamagrostis halleriana var. phragmitoides (Hartm.) Hack.
Calamagrostis halleriana var. pulchella Hartm.
Calamagrostis halleriana var. rivalis Torges
Calamagrostis hirsuta A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov
Calamagrostis lanceolata Trin. ex Steud.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii (Link) Trin.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii Nyman
Calamagrostis langsdorffii f. pallida Litv.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii subsp. trinii Almq. & Lehbert
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. decipicus Litv.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. decipiens Pavlov
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. flexuosa (Rupr.) Tzvelev
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. gracilis Litv.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. langsdorffii
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. latifolia Jarosch.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. major Litv.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. manshurica (A.I.Baranov & Skvortsov) Kitag.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. minor Litv.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. montana Jarosch.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. piligera Litv.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. pulchella (Hartm.) Litv.
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. punctulata Ohwi
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. ramosa (Nakai) Nakai
Calamagrostis langsdorffii var. viridiflora Honda

and 56 more.

Characteristics

Growth habit: Graminoid

Photos

Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Rolf Engstrand, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Matti Virtala, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Hugues Tinguy. tela-botanica.org, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kjetil Harkestad, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Jan Sørensen, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jan Sørensen, CC BY 4.0, 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); US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.