Purple Heart (disambiguation)

The Purple Heart is a US military decoration. It may also refer to:

Plants:

• Peltogyne, 23 species of tropical deciduous trees, whose heartwood is sold under the name Purpleheart or Purple Heart
• Purple heart or purple-heart, the plant Tradescantia pallida, grown as an ornamental perennial

Films:

• Purple Heart (film), a 2006 film
• The Purple Heart, a 1944 war film
• Purple Hearts (1984 film) starring Ken Wahl and Cheryl Ladd

In music:

• Purple Hearts (Australian band), active from 1964 to 1967
• Purple Hearts (UK band), British mod revival group active in the 1970s and 1980s

Albums

• Purple Heart, album by Michael Callen
• Purple Heart, album by Nina Rochelle
• Purple Heart, album by Plies (rapper)

Songs

• "Purple Heart", song by French band Asphalt Jungle (band), 1977
• "Purple Heart, song by Swedish band Sabaton (band), 2010

Other:

• The Military Order of the Purple Heart, a U.S. military veterans organization
• Purple Heart, a main character in the Hyperdimension Neptunia video game series
• Purple Heart Memorial Bridge, in the Alexandria, Louisiana area
• "Purple hearts", slang term for dexamyl, an obsolete antidepressant commonly used as a recreational drug
• Purple Heart, a novel by Patricia McCormick
• Purple Heart, a badge given in recognition of participation in the Tim Hortons Brier