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Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapman var. purpurea. Common name: Purple Sandgrass. Phenology: (May-) Aug-Oct (-Nov). Habitat: Dunes, maritime dry grasslands, open sandy areas. Distribution: NH south to s. FL, and west to TX and e. Mexico (TAB, VER), along the coast; also around the Great Lakes, and in central United States.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Var. caribensis R.W. Pohl is in the New World tropics.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA25, Mo1, NE, NY, Va; Aira purpurea Walter > Triplasis intermedia Nash — S, S13; < Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm. — C, ETx1, F, FlGr, G, HC, Il, K4, Mex, Mi, NcTx, Pa, RAB, SFla, Tat, Tn, Tx, WH3; > Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm. — S, S13. Basionym: Aira purpurea Walter 1788

Links to other floras: = Triplasis purpurea var. purpurea - FNA25

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