Common Name: TUMBLE GRASS, PURPLE LOVE GRASS
Coefficient of Conservatism: 3
Coefficient of Wetness: 5
Wetness Index: UPL
Physiognomy: Nt P-Grass
Dry fields, sand barrens, roadsides, and railroads; often a very conspicuous plant of roadsides and dry open ground, forming large colonies.
Apparently native in the southern part of Michigan, and probably Menominee Co., but spreading northward especially along sandy roadsides. The large purplish inflorescences become detached and act as tumbleweeds.
A. A. Reznicek
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| Allegan |
| Antrim |
| Barry |
| Benzie |
| Berrien |
| Branch |
| Calhoun |
| Cass |
| Cheboygan |
| Chippewa |
| Crawford |
| Emmet |
| Grand Traverse |
| Hillsdale |
| Ionia |
| Jackson |
| Kalamazoo |
| Kalkaska |
| Kent |
| Lake |
| Leelanau |
| Lenawee |
| Livingston |
| Livingston or Washtenaw |
| Macomb |
| Mason |
| Mecosta |
| Menominee |
| Midland |
| Monroe |
| Montcalm |
| Muskegon |
| Newaygo |
| Oakland |
| Oceana |
| Ogemaw |
| Osceola |
| Ottawa |
| Saginaw |
| St. Joseph |
| Unknown |
| Van Buren |
| Washtenaw |
| Wayne |
| Wexford |
Citation:
MICHIGAN FLORA ONLINE. A. A. Reznicek, E. G. Voss, & B. S. Walters. February 2011. University of Michigan. Web. March, 26, 2025
https://lsa-miflora-p.lsait.lsa.umich.edu/#/record/2116