A Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Washington State
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Hosted by the University of Washington Herbarium, Burke Museum
Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br.[FNA24, HC, HC2]
purple reedgrass
Publication: Bot. App. 731. 1823.
Origin: Native
Herbarium search: CPNWH
Notes: FNA24: "The hairy adaxial leaf surfaces are a reliable diagnostic characteristic for C. purpurascens. Many specimens from Washington and Oregon currently identified as C. purpurascens belong to C. tacomensis. In addition to differing in its leaf vestiture, C. purpurascens has shorter awns and panicle branches, and more scabrous glumes, than C. tacomensis."
Last updated 11/29/2023 by David Giblin.
Synonyms & Misapplied Names:
Calamagrostis lepageana Louis-Marie
Calamagrostis maltei (Polunin) Á. Löve & D. Löve
Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. ssp. maltei (Polunin) A.E. Porsild
Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. maltei Polunin
Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br. var. purpurascens
Calamagrostis vaseyi Beal
Calamagrostis yukonensis Nash
Deschampsia congestiformis W.E. Booth
