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Purpurea

Purpurea, purple in Latin, may refer to:

  • 8585 Purpurea, an asteroid
  • Echinacea purpurea, the eastern purple coneflower or purple coneflower
  • Ulmus 'Purpurea', an elm cultivar
  • Sarracenia purpurea, the purple pitcher plant

Usage examples of "purpurea".

Although the downward movement cannot be attributed to the weight of the cotyledons in the several cases which were investigated, namely, in those of the Anoda, Ipomoea purpurea and bonanox, nor in that of I.

The suggested culprit was ergot, which comes from a mold called Claviceps purpurea.

One of them that grew out morphologically resembles Claviceps purpurea, but it is a heretofore unknown species.

Obviously this new species is related to Claviceps purpurea on some level.

The alkaloids don’t seem to be the same as those in Claviceps purpurea.

It is the winter resting stage of Claviceps purpurea, parasitic on wheat, rye and various other grasses.

In the case of Digitalis purpurea with normal purple flowers, the content of purified digitoxin, ascertained by Keller's method, averaged 0.