| Name | Aristida purpurea var. californica Vasey |
| Authorship | Vasey |
| Rank | Variety |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Aristida purpurea Nuttall |
| GUID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327981-2 |
| Citation | 1892 Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3(1): 47 |
| Holdings | 5 Specimens held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Aristida purpurea var. californica Vasey |
| Identification made in | [no date] (4), 2008 (1) |