Biology:Sisyrinchium campestre
| Sisyrinchium campestre | |
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| A botanical illustration from Illustrated flora of the northern states and Canada by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Addison Brown | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Sisyrinchium |
| Species: | S. campestre
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| Binomial name | |
| Sisyrinchium campestre E.P.Bicknell[1]
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Sisyrinchium campestre, the prairie blue-eyed grass or white-eyed grass,[2][3] is a small herbaceous perennial plant in the iris family, native to prairie and meadow in the central United States and in extreme southern Manitoba.[4]
Prairie blue-eyed grass is one of the more drought tolerant species in the genus. It blooms in late spring and early summer for about three weeks.[5] The flowers are white to pale blue, with yellow centers. They have six tepals 7 to 12.7 mm (0.28 to 0.50 in) long that have rounded ends with a sharp point in the center.[4] The flowers are borne on slender pedicels (stems) in an umbel enclosed in two bracts at the top of an unbranched flat stem. The leaves are grass-like, 3 to 10 inches (8 to 25 cm) long and 2 to 3 mm (0.08 to 0.12 in) across, and the flower stem is about as long as or a little longer than the leaves. The root system is coarse and fibrous. A plant produces offsets and forms a dense clump over time.[5]
References
- ↑ "Sisyrinchium campestre". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://www.ipni.org/n/773-1.
- ↑ Chayka, Katy; Dziuk, Peter (2016), Sisyrinchium campestre (Prairie Blue-eyed Grass), https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/prairie-blue-eyed-grass, retrieved July 16, 2018
- ↑ Template:Kansas Wildflowers
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cholewa, Anita F.; Henderson, Douglass M. (2002), "Sisyrinchium campestre", in Flora of North America Editorial Committee, Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA), 26, New York and Oxford, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101896
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hilty, John (2016). "Prairie Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium campestre)". http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/prbe_grassx.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q15553508 entry
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