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Aristida is a very nearly cosmopolitan genus of plants in the grass family. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Aristida is distinguished by having three awns (bristles) on each lemma of each floret . [ 6 ] The genus includes about 300 species found worldwide, often in arid warm regions.
Liriope muscari is a species of flowering plant from East Asia.Common names in English include big blue lilyturf, lilyturf, border grass, and monkey grass.This small herbaceous perennial has grass-like evergreen foliage and lilac-purple flowers which produce single-seeded berries on a spike in the fall.
This is a perennial bunchgrass, growing erect to under a meter-3 feet in height, and the flower glumes often assumes a light brown to reddish-purple color. There are several varieties with overlapping geographical ranges. This is not considered to be a good graze for livestock because the awns are sharp and the protein content of the grass is low.
Calamagrostis purpurascens is a large, clump forming, perennial grass; growing 30–80 cm (12–31 in) tall. [27] It grows from short rhizomes and has dense, often purpled tinted flower heads that are 4 to 13 cm (1.6 to 5.1 in) long. It has one flowered spikelets, two subequal glumes, and lemma with a dorsal awn.
Alliums' playful pom-poms comprise tiny purple flowers. This plant prefers full sun, but it can accommodate partial shade in warmer temperatures. USDA Hardiness Zones : 3 to 10
This species is a rhizomatous perennial grass with stems growing up to 70 centimetres (2.3 feet) tall. The leaves are up to 25 centimetres (9.8 inches) long and the ligule is very short. There are small terminal and axillary panicles bearing flowers. [1] The panicles are purple in color. [2] The spikelets are just a few millimeters in length.
The plant includes a double layer; green, leaf-like structures surround the understory, and purple-pink flowers outgrow them from the bottom up. The plant is a warm-season grass, meaning that leaves begin growth in the summer. During the summer, the leaves stay green, but they morph during the fall to produce a more copper color.
Caesarweed is considered an invasive species in the state of Florida, United States. There it grows as an annual in most areas except for in the southern region, where it may live perennially. In Florida, the plant has been reported to grow rapidly from 0.5 meters (1.6 ft) to 2 meters (6.6 ft) by the end of its first year of growth.