purple heather(n = noun.plant) brewer's mountain heather, phyllodoce breweri - semi-prostrate evergreen herb of western United States;
is a kind of heath
is a member of genus phyllodoce, phyllodoce

banded purple, beach heather, bell heather, brewer's mountain heather, early purple orchid, false heather, golden heather, heather, heather bell, heather mixture, late purple aster, order of the purple heart, purple, purple amaranth, purple anise, purple apricot, purple avens, purple bacteria, purple beech, purple boneset, purple chinese houses, purple clematis, purple clover, purple cress, purple emperor, purple finch, purple fringeless orchid, purple fringeless orchis, purple gallinule, purple grackle, purple granadillo, purple ground cherry, purple heart, purple loco, purple locoweed, purple loosestrife, purple martin, purple milk vetch, purple mullein, purple nightshade, purple onion, purple orchis, purple osier, purple passage, purple pea, purple poppy mallow, purple rock brake, purple sage, purple sanicle, purple saxifrage, purple silkweed, purple strawberry guava, purple trillium, purple velvet plant, purple virgin's bower, purple willow, red-spotted purple, reddish purple, retinal purple, royal purple, scots heather, texas purple spike, tyrian purple, visual purple, white heather