| Name | Aristida purpurascens Poiret |
| Authorship | Poiret |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Aristida Linnaeus |
| Contains | Aristida purpurascens var. glaucissima Kearney ex Scribner & Ball Aristida purpurascens var. purpurascens |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:389706-1 |
| Holdings | 17 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Aristida purpurascens Poiret |
| Identification made in | [no date] (16), 2008 (1) |