Index / Search / Aristida purpurascens
§1 Plant
Aristida purpurascens Poir.
vernacular arrowfeather threeawn — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- 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
· 668 counties across 31 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 668 counties across 31 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Calhoun 05013
- Cleveland 05025
- Conway 05029
- Crawford 05033
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Grant 05053
- Hempstead 05057
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lafayette 05073
- Logan 05083
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Nevada 05099
- Ouachita 05103
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Sebastian 05131
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- Yell 05149
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Bradford 12007
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Calhoun 12013
- Charlotte 12015
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- St. Johns 12109
- Suwannee 12121
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Catoosa 13047
- Clarke 13059
- Coffee 13069
- Columbia 13073
- Decatur 13087
- DeKalb 13089
- Echols 13101
- Elbert 13105
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Hancock 13141
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Johnson 13167
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Putnam 13237
- Seminole 13253
- Stephens 13257
- Thomas 13275
- Toombs 13279
- Walker 13295
Illinois view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Cass 17017
- Cook 17031
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Livingston 17105
- Mason 17125
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Saline 17165
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Will 17197
Indiana view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Bullitt 21029
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Christian 21047
- Crittenden 21055
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Hardin 21093
- Henry 21103
- Laurel 21125
- Lee 21129
- Livingston 21139
- Logan 21141
- Lyon 21143
- Marshall 21157
- McCreary 21147
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 55 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Dunklin 29069
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 71 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Chowan 37041
- Cleveland 37045
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Granville 37077
- Greene 37079
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Scotland 37165
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yadkin 37197
Ohio view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Adair 40001
- Bryan 40013
- Cherokee 40021
- Cleveland 40027
- Delaware 40041
- Jackson 40065
- Johnston 40069
- Kay 40071
- Logan 40083
- Love 40085
- Mayes 40097
- McCurtain 40089
- McIntosh 40091
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Noble 40103
- Oklahoma 40109
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Rogers 40131
- Sequoyah 40135
- Wagoner 40145
- Washington 40147
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Abbeville 45001
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Carroll 47017
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Decatur 47039
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Henry 47079
- Knox 47093
- Marion 47115
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Perry 47135
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Roane 47145
- Robertson 47147
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Van Buren 47175
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
Texas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bastrop 48021
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Calhoun 48057
- Comal 48091
- Dallas 48113
- Fannin 48147
- Galveston 48167
- Harris 48201
- Houston 48225
- Hunt 48231
- Jackson 48239
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Johnson 48251
- Lamar 48277
- Marion 48315
- Mason 48319
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Morris 48343
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Newton 48351
- Orange 48361
- Parker 48367
- Polk 48373
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 44 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Albemarle 51003
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Bland 51021
- Caroline 51033
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Culpeper 51047
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Giles 51071
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Hanover 51085
- Henrico 51087
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Lee 51105
- Lunenburg 51111
- Middlesex 51119
- Nelson 51125
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ARPU8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2706276 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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