Aggreflorum purpurascens, commonly known as the purple-stemmed turkey bush,[2] is a shrub or small tree that is endemic to far north Queensland.

Flowering occurs from June to July and the fruit is a capsule about 3 mm (0.12 in) in diameter with the remains of the sepals attached, but that falls from the plant when the seeds are released.

[3] This species was first formally described in 1989 by Joy Thompson who gave it the name Leptospermum purpurascens in the journal Telopea.

[3][4] In 2023, Peter Gordon Wilson transferred the species to the genus Aggreflorum as A. purpurascens in the journal Taxon.

[1] The specific epithet (purpurascens) is a Latin word meaning "purplish" or "becoming purple", referring to the colour of the new bark.