Aristida purpurea

Purple Three Awn

• Height:   1 - 3 ft
• Life Cycle:   perennial
• Growth Type:   grass
• Flower Size:   minute
• Inflorescence Size:   1 - 5 in
• Flower Type:   grass spikelet
• Bloom Type:   warm (grasses)
• Native to California:   YES
• California Range:   desert - inland - mountain
• Water Requirements:   low
• Salt Tolerance:   medium
• Characteristics / Comments:   soil/dune stabilization
• Average Live Seed per Bulk Pound:   156,000