Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Poa spectabilis Pursh

Common names:

• purple love grass  (Source: F GPlains) - English
• éragrostide brillante  (Source: F NAmer) - French
• purpurkärleksgräs  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.w.), Ontario (s.)]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), Indiana, Maine (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), Massachusetts (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), Michigan, New Hampshire (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), Vermont (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-D-L.html), West Virginia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota (s.e.), Oklahoma, South Dakota (e.), Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (s.e.), Wyoming (s.e.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3788), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas]

References:

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3. Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
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10. Scoggan, H. J. 1978-1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
11. Townsend, J., ed. South Carolina plant atlas (on-line resource).
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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=15314. Accessed 5 July 2024.