Selected images for purple pampasgrass (Cortaderia jubata )
Purple pampasgrass is a large, tufted, perennial grass native to South America. Leaves are basal, ascending to spreading, bright green, sharply serrated and can reach to 5 ft. (1.5 m) in height. All plants are female and develop seed through apomixis. Flowering occurs in late summer to early fall, when 1-3.3 ft. (0.3-1 m) long, purple-tinged plumes develop over the tufts of leaves. Each plume can produce up to 100,000 seeds. Purple pampasgrass invades roadsides, dunes, bluffs and other disturbed areas. Plants also invade coastal shrub and grasslands.
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5341061 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Plant(s) John M. Randall |
5341062 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Flower(s) John M. Randall |
5341063 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Infestation Mandy Tu |
5341064 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Plant(s) Mandy Tu |
5341065 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Infestation Mandy Tu |
5341066 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Infestation Mandy Tu |
5387230 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Flower(s) Joseph M. DiTomaso |
5387231 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Stem(s) Joseph M. DiTomaso |
5392077 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Seed(s) John M. Randall |
5414537 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Plant(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
5414539 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Feature(s) Forest & Kim Starr |
5414540 purple pampasgrass Cortaderia jubata Foliage Forest & Kim Starr |
