Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Calamagrostis purpurascens R. Br.

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Calamagrostis lepageana Louis-Marie, Calamagrostis maltei (Polunin) A.& D. Löve, Calamagrostis yukonensis Nash

Common names:

Purple pine grass [Purple pinegrass] (1942-1944) (140, 155)

Purple reed grass [Purple reedgrass] (1944-Present) (3, 50, 140)

Purple reed-bent (1901) (94)