Triplasis purpurea, the purple sand-grass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae native to North America. The specific epithet purpurea is Latin for "purple", referencing the purple spikelets of the grass.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Purple Sandgrass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Sporobolus neglectus
- Sporobolus vaginiflorus
- Puccinellia nuttalliana
- Sporobolus cryptandrus
- Cleistogenes serotina
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Triplasis
- Species
- Triplasis purpurea
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