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Plant Profile  

Common Name: Purpletop

Other Names: Greasegrass

Species Name: Tridens flavus

Plant Type: Grasses & Grass-like

Family Name: Poaceae, Grass Family

Tribe: Eragrostideae, Lovegrass Family

 

 

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin Native
Duration Perennial
Season Warm
Distribution in the U.S. Eastern half of the country but not the extreme north
Distribution in Oklahoma Eastern two-thirds of the state

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Type Various
Habitat Rocky, uplands to bottomlands
Successional Stage Mid

 

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