Index / Search / Aristida purpurea
§1 Plant
Aristida purpurea Nutt.
vernacular purple threeawn — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Aristida
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 564 counties across 22 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 564 counties across 22 states/territories.
Arizona view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
California view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 08001
- Arapahoe 08005
- Archuleta 08007
- Baca 08009
- Bent 08011
- Boulder 08013
- Cheyenne 08017
- Conejos 08021
- Costilla 08023
- Crowley 08025
- Denver 08031
- Douglas 08035
- El Paso 08041
- Fremont 08043
- Gunnison 08051
- Jefferson 08059
- Kiowa 08061
- Kit Carson 08063
- La Plata 08067
- Larimer 08069
- Las Animas 08071
- Lincoln 08073
- Logan 08075
- Mesa 08077
- Moffat 08081
- Montezuma 08083
- Montrose 08085
- Morgan 08087
- Otero 08089
- Phillips 08095
- Prowers 08099
- Pueblo 08101
- Rio Grande 08105
- Saguache 08109
- San Juan 08111
- Sedgwick 08115
- Washington 08121
- Weld 08123
- Yuma 08125
Idaho view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 61 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clark 20025
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Decatur 20039
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Finney 20055
- Ford 20057
- Gove 20063
- Graham 20065
- Grant 20067
- Gray 20069
- Greeley 20071
- Hamilton 20075
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Haskell 20081
- Hodgeman 20083
- Kearny 20093
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Lane 20101
- Lincoln 20105
- Logan 20109
- McPherson 20113
- Meade 20119
- Mitchell 20123
- Morton 20129
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pratt 20151
- Rawlins 20153
- Reno 20155
- Rice 20159
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Scott 20171
- Seward 20175
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Stafford 20185
- Stanton 20187
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wallace 20199
- Wichita 20203
Louisiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Adams 31001
- Antelope 31003
- Banner 31007
- Box Butte 31013
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Cheyenne 31033
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dodge 31053
- Dundy 31057
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Gosper 31073
- Hall 31079
- Harlan 31083
- Hitchcock 31087
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Kimball 31105
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Morrill 31123
- Otoe 31131
- Phelps 31137
- Red Willow 31145
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Sheridan 31161
- Sherman 31163
- Sioux 31165
- Stanton 31167
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Webster 31181
Nevada view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bernalillo 35001
- Catron 35003
- Chaves 35005
- Cibola 35006
- Colfax 35007
- Curry 35009
- De Baca 35011
- Dona Ana 35013
- Eddy 35015
- Grant 35017
- Guadalupe 35019
- Harding 35021
- Hidalgo 35023
- Lea 35025
- Lincoln 35027
- Los Alamos 35028
- Luna 35029
- McKinley 35031
- Mora 35033
- Otero 35035
- Quay 35037
- Rio Arriba 35039
- Roosevelt 35041
- San Juan 35045
- San Miguel 35047
- Sandoval 35043
- Santa Fe 35049
- Sierra 35051
- Socorro 35053
- Taos 35055
- Torrance 35057
- Union 35059
- Valencia 35061
North Dakota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alfalfa 40003
- Beaver 40007
- Beckham 40009
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Caddo 40015
- Carter 40019
- Cimarron 40025
- Cleveland 40027
- Coal 40029
- Comanche 40031
- Cotton 40033
- Custer 40039
- Ellis 40045
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Harmon 40057
- Harper 40059
- Jackson 40065
- Johnston 40069
- Kingfisher 40073
- Kiowa 40075
- Logan 40083
- Major 40093
- Murray 40099
- Noble 40103
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Roger Mills 40129
- Texas 40139
- Tillman 40141
- Washita 40149
- Woods 40151
Oregon view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 29 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Dewey 46041
- Fall River 46047
- Faulk 46049
- Gregory 46053
- Haakon 46055
- Harding 46063
- Hughes 46065
- Hutchinson 46067
- Jackson 46071
- Jones 46075
- Kingsbury 46077
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Pennington 46103
- Perkins 46105
- Roberts 46109
- Sanborn 46111
- Stanley 46117
- Sully 46119
- Todd 46121
- Walworth 46129
Texas view state ↗ 181 N ▾
- Andrews 48003
- Aransas 48007
- Archer 48009
- Armstrong 48011
- Atascosa 48013
- Bailey 48017
- Bandera 48019
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Borden 48033
- Bosque 48035
- Brazos 48041
- Brewster 48043
- Briscoe 48045
- Brooks 48047
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Callahan 48059
- Cameron 48061
- Camp 48063
- Carson 48065
- Castro 48069
- Childress 48075
- Clay 48077
- Coke 48081
- Coleman 48083
- Collin 48085
- Collingsworth 48087
- Colorado 48089
- Comanche 48093
- Concho 48095
- Cooke 48097
- Coryell 48099
- Cottle 48101
- Crane 48103
- Crockett 48105
- Crosby 48107
- Culberson 48109
- Dallam 48111
- Dallas 48113
- Dawson 48115
- Deaf Smith 48117
- Delta 48119
- Denton 48121
- DeWitt 48123
- Dickens 48125
- Dimmit 48127
- Donley 48129
- Duval 48131
- Eastland 48133
- Ector 48135
- Edwards 48137
- El Paso 48141
- Ellis 48139
- Erath 48143
- Falls 48145
- Fayette 48149
- Foard 48155
- Frio 48163
- Gaines 48165
- Galveston 48167
- Garza 48169
- Gillespie 48171
- Glasscock 48173
- Gonzales 48177
- Gray 48179
- Grimes 48185
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hall 48191
- Hardeman 48197
- Hartley 48205
- Haskell 48207
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Hockley 48219
- Hood 48221
- Howard 48227
- Hudspeth 48229
- Hutchinson 48233
- Irion 48235
- Jack 48237
- Jackson 48239
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jim Wells 48249
- Johnson 48251
- Jones 48253
- Karnes 48255
- Kenedy 48261
- Kent 48263
- Kerr 48265
- Kimble 48267
- King 48269
- Kinney 48271
- Kleberg 48273
- Knox 48275
- La Salle 48283
- Lamb 48279
- Lampasas 48281
- Limestone 48293
- Lipscomb 48295
- Live Oak 48297
- Llano 48299
- Loving 48301
- Lubbock 48303
- Madison 48313
- Marion 48315
- Martin 48317
- Mason 48319
- Maverick 48323
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- McMullen 48311
- Medina 48325
- Menard 48327
- Midland 48329
- Mills 48333
- Mitchell 48335
- Montague 48337
- Moore 48341
- Motley 48345
- Nolan 48353
- Nueces 48355
- Ochiltree 48357
- Oldham 48359
- Palo Pinto 48363
- Parker 48367
- Parmer 48369
- Pecos 48371
- Potter 48375
- Presidio 48377
- Randall 48381
- Reagan 48383
- Real 48385
- Reeves 48389
- Refugio 48391
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- Runnels 48399
- San Patricio 48409
- San Saba 48411
- Schleicher 48413
- Scurry 48415
- Shackelford 48417
- Sherman 48421
- Starr 48427
- Sterling 48431
- Stonewall 48433
- Sutton 48435
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Terrell 48443
- Terry 48445
- Throckmorton 48447
- Tom Green 48451
- Travis 48453
- Upton 48461
- Uvalde 48463
- Val Verde 48465
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Ward 48475
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Wheeler 48483
- Wichita 48485
- Wilbarger 48487
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Wilson 48493
- Wise 48497
- Yoakum 48501
- Young 48503
- Zapata 48505
- Zavala 48507
Utah view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Beaver 49001
- Box Elder 49003
- Cache 49005
- Carbon 49007
- Daggett 49009
- Davis 49011
- Duchesne 49013
- Emery 49015
- Garfield 49017
- Grand 49019
- Iron 49021
- Juab 49023
- Kane 49025
- Millard 49027
- Piute 49031
- Salt Lake 49035
- San Juan 49037
- Sanpete 49039
- Sevier 49041
- Tooele 49045
- Uintah 49047
- Utah 49049
- Washington 49053
- Wayne 49055
- Weber 49057
Washington view state ↗ 7 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARPU9 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2706261 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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