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Purpureum
Purpureum, purple in Latin, may refer to:
- Chlorogalum purpureum, the purple amole, a flowering plant species endemic to California
- Chondrostereum purpureum, the silver leaf, a fungus plant pathogen species
- Eutrochium purpureum, a herbaceous perennial plant in the sunflower family native to eastern and central North America
- Lamium purpureum, the red deadnettle, purple deadnettle or purple archangel, a herbaceous flowering plant species native to Europe and Asia
- Lasiopetalum purpureum, a synonym for Thomasia purpurea, a shrub species found in Australia
- Pennisetum purpureum, a species of perennial tropical grass native to the African grasslands
- Syzygium purpureum, a species of plant in the Myrtaceae family endemic to Fiji
Usage examples of "purpureum".
As he stepped upon the bridge, the trumpets sounded, and over the aplustre rose the vexillum purpureum, or pennant of a commander of a fleet.
Many of the earlier works allude to this species as a diuretic, and therefore of use in dropsy, but this is an error, this property being possessed by Eupatorium purpureum, the purple-flowered Boneset, or Gravel Root.