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Scientific name: Macroptilium atropurpureum; English name: Siratro/ Purple bush-bean; Local name: Siratro; Annual or perennial: Perennial; Grass, sedge or broadleaf: Broadleaf; Siratro is a perennial climbing leguminous plant with a deep, thick taproot used as legume foliage.
Purpletop is a perennial bunchgrass native to Eastern North America. Scientifically known as Tridens flavus, it grows 3-5′ tall in full sun and medium to dry soils. Important to wildlife, it is a hostplant for several butterfly caterpillars and is good forage for livestock.
Commonly referred to as "guinea grass" or "giant guinea grass". Short (S) type: tussock, mostly <1.5 m in flower; perennials, 0.5‒1.5 (‒1.8) m tall, stems to about 5 mm diameter. Leaf blades glabrous to hairy, to 1.4 cm wide.
Purple Top is a perennial warm-season grass that grows 3-5 feet tall and 3 feet wide. It has a rich hue to its foliage as it develops each spring. Shortly after the foliage matures, the flower spikes develop as purple panicles that bloom from August to November.
Tridens flavus, known as purpletop, purpletop tridens, tall redtop, greasy grass, and grease grass, [1][2][3] is a large, robust perennial bunchgrass native to eastern North America. It widespread throughout its range and is most often found in man-made habitats, such as hay meadows and lawns.
Purpletop tridens is found in fields, roadsides and open woodlands. Although native to New England, some populations are introduced, such as those in Vermont railyards. This grass gets its name from the widely-spaced purple spikelets. After the grain ripens the upper branches become sticky.
Tridens flavus ( Purpletop, Red Top, or Greasegrass) is a large, robust perennial bunchgrass native to North America. The seeds are purple, giving the grass its common name. The seeds are also oily, leading to its other common name, "greasegrass". It reproduces by seed and tillers. The grass is often confused with Johnson grass. Description 8.
