A perennial St. Augustine grass with purple anthers and purple stigmas having good turf performance, good cold tolerance, short internodes and leaves and good resistance to gray leaf spot.

BACKGROUND 
A St. Augustine grass which has been named "Seville" was disclosed in U.S. 
Plant Pat. No. 4,097, which issued on Sept. 6, 1977. Another St. Augustine 
grass which has been named "Delmar" was disclosed in U.S. Plant patent 
application Ser. No. 893,960, filed Aug. 7, 1986. A further St. Augustine 
grass designated 6-72-182 is disclosed in U.S. Plant patent application 
Ser. No. 07/185,523, filed of even date herewith. 
SUMMARY OF THE VARIETY 
The present invention relates to a new and distinct perennial St. Augustine 
grass selected from the progeny of a controlled pollination of a plant 
originating in Florida with the pollen of a cold tolerant selection 
obtained from Memphis, Tenn. This purple anther, purple stigma genotype 
was labeled 6-72-130 and propagated vegetatively by stolons to provide 
planting stock for studying performance and making comparisons to present 
commercial varieties. 
The combination of purple stigma, purple anthers, short internode length, 
short leaf blade length, good cold tolerance, a high tendency for purple 
stems, and good resistance to gray leaf spot of 6-72-130 along with other 
information allow this genotype to be distinguished from other St. 
Augustine grasses.