Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass
Flower with six pale purple tepals with pointed tips and a prominent orange center against a featureless white background

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Sisyrinchium
Species:
S. angustifolium
Binomial name
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Mill., 1768
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Bermudiana angustifolia (Mill.) Kuntze (1891)
    • Bermudiana bermudiana var. albida Kuntze (1898)
    • Bermudiana bermudiana var. angustifolia (Mill.) Kuntze (1898)
    • Sisyrinchium bermudiana subsp. angustifolium (Mill.) P.Fourn. (1935)
    • Bermudiana graminea Gaertn. (1788)
    • Bermudiana graminea (Lam.) Nieuwl. (1913)
    • Bermudiana graminifolia Medik. (1787)
    • Bermudiana homomalla (Klatt) Kuntze (1891)
    • Bermudiana iridifolia Medik. (1787)
    • Ferraria pulchella Salisb. (1796)
    • Ferraria violacea Salisb. (1796)
    • Marica mucronata Ker Gawl. (1827)
    • Sisyrinchium acuminatum Herb. (1843)
    • Sisyrinchium anceps Cav. (1788)
    • Sisyrinchium bermudiana var. anceps (Cav.) A.Gray (1867)
    • Sisyrinchium carolinianum E.P.Bicknell (1899)
    • Sisyrinchium cultrifolium Noronha (1790)
    • Sisyrinchium excisum Godr. (1853)
    • Sisyrinchium gramineum Lam. (1785)
    • Sisyrinchium graminoides E.P.Bicknell (1896)
    • Sisyrinchium hibernicum Á.Löve & D.Löve (1961)
    • Sisyrinchium homomallum Klatt (1882)
    • Sisyrinchium iridioides Curtis (1789)
    • Sisyrinchium membranaceum E.P.Bicknell (1899)
    • Sisyrinchium nuttallii Sweet (1826)
    • Sisyrinchium ramosum Herb. (1843)

Sisyrinchium angustifolium, commonly known as narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass,[3] is a herbaceous perennial growing from rhizomes, native to moist meadow and open woodland. It is the most common blue-eyed grass of the eastern United States, and is also cultivated as an ornamental.

Range: Eastern Canada and US, west to Texas and Minnesota, in meadows, low woods, and shorelines.

Height: 15–50 cm (6–20 in). Stem: broadly winged, 2–4 mm (1⁄16–3⁄16 in) wide, usually branched. Leaves: 2–6 mm (1⁄16–1⁄4 in) wide. Tepals: 6, blue,[4] 7–10 mm (1⁄4–3⁄8 in), each tipped with a sharp point, veined, and darkening toward central yellow patch.

  1. ^ NatureServe (2024). "Sisyrinchium angustifolium". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Sisyrinchium angustifolium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  4. ^ Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 72. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.