purple wiregrass

English

Aristida ramosa

Noun

purple wiregrass (plural purple wiregrasses)

1. A species of grass native to Australia (Aristida ramosa)
   • 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 47:

     On the flank of the rise the African buffel grass gave way to bare patches of red gravel between thin strands of sandalwood and bendee, spiky tussocks of purple wiregrass and buck spinifex.

Further reading

• Aristida ramosa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Aristida ramosa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Aristida ramosa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons