Pleurozia purpurea is a species of thalloid liverwort, notable for its red to purple colour.

However, it can also be found growing on lawns and other water saturated regions at high elevations, such as a "blanket bog, wet heath, montane turf, scree and peat-covered rock ledges".

Evident by its name, P. purpurea is often red, dark red-green or purple in colour.

Although P. purpurea is a thalloid liverwort, it contains egg shaped, large, concave leaves.

Additionally, investigations found that this protozoan was attracted to the plant, who regularly (and purposefully) trapped small animals.