African fountain grass, tender fountain grass, fountain grass or purple fountain grass is a very showy ornamental grass with graceful, arching leaves, and erect or nodding rose-colored flower spikes up to 12 in long. Fountain grass grows in dense, symmetrical clumps that can get 3-4 ft tall and 2-3 ft across with a fountain of feathery plumes flowing out of the foliage. 'Cupreum' has reddish stems and leaves, and copper-colored plumes. These cultivar generally do not set seed. This was photographed on 24th November, 2011 in the Mysore-Ooty road, near Mysore.
