Index / Search / Triplasis purpurea
§1 Plant
Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm.
vernacular purple sandgrass — species · Poaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Graminoid
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus
- Triplasis
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 382 counties across 37 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 382 counties across 37 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Citrus 12017
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Lee 12071
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Pinellas 12103
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Suwannee 12121
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Brown 17009
- Cass 17017
- Cook 17031
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kankakee 17091
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Macoupin 17117
- Mason 17125
- Menard 17129
- Morgan 17137
- Scott 17171
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Wabash 17185
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Barber 20007
- Barton 20009
- Cloud 20029
- Comanche 20033
- Edwards 20047
- Ellis 20051
- Ford 20057
- Harper 20077
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Kingman 20095
- Kiowa 20097
- Meade 20119
- Morton 20129
- Pawnee 20145
- Pratt 20151
- Reno 20155
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Saline 20169
- Stafford 20185
- Stevens 20189
- Sumner 20191
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Grant 22043
- Jefferson 22051
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Natchitoches 22069
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Vernon 22115
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maine view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Cass 31025
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Douglas 31055
- Dundy 31057
- Franklin 31061
- Hall 31079
- Hitchcock 31087
- Holt 31089
- Howard 31093
- Kearney 31099
- Keith 31101
- Merrick 31121
- Platte 31141
- Polk 31143
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Rock 31149
- Stanton 31167
- Thomas 31171
- Webster 31181
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 11 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 11 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 17 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 59 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Andrews 48003
- Aransas 48007
- Atascosa 48013
- Bailey 48017
- Bastrop 48021
- Blanco 48031
- Brazos 48041
- Brooks 48047
- Caldwell 48055
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Childress 48075
- Cochran 48079
- Collingsworth 48087
- Crane 48103
- Dallas 48113
- Ector 48135
- Fannin 48147
- Franklin 48159
- Gaines 48165
- Galveston 48167
- Grayson 48181
- Grimes 48185
- Hall 48191
- Hemphill 48211
- Henderson 48213
- Hutchinson 48233
- Jasper 48241
- Jones 48253
- Karnes 48255
- Kenedy 48261
- Kerr 48265
- Kleberg 48273
- Leon 48289
- Limestone 48293
- Medina 48325
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Oldham 48359
- Parker 48367
- Refugio 48391
- Roberts 48393
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Sabine 48403
- San Patricio 48409
- Smith 48423
- Somervell 48425
- Tarrant 48439
- Travis 48453
- Upshur 48459
- Victoria 48469
- Ward 48475
- Washington 48477
- Wilbarger 48487
- Willacy 48489
- Wilson 48493
- Winkler 48495
Virginia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/TRPU4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2706386 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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