Biology:Sisyrinchium angustifolium
| Narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Sisyrinchium |
| Species: | S. angustifolium
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| Binomial name | |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill.
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Sisyrinchium angustifolium, commonly known as narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass,[2] 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,[3] 7–10 mm (1⁄4–3⁄8 in), each tipped with a sharp point, veined, and darkening toward central yellow patch.
Gallery
Flowers, stem, and leaves
Many, in grass
Bud before flowering and immature fruits
Flowers and fruits
flower, close
References
- ↑ "Sisyrinchium angustifolium". The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens (Kew). http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Sisyrinchium+angustifolium. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Sisyrinchium angustifolium | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 1 July 2014 }}
- ↑ Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) (in en). Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. pp. 72. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25708726.
Further reading
- Cholewa, Anita F.; Henderson, Douglass M. (2002), "Sisyrinchium angustifolium", 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=242101890
- Rhoads, Ann F.; Block, Timothy A. (2007). The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual. Anna Anisko (Illustrator) (2nd ed.). University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4003-0.
- Gleason, Henry A.; Cronquist, Arthur (1991). Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (2nd ed.). The New York Botanical Garden Press. ISBN 0-89327-365-1.
- Thierer, John W.; Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (2001). National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region (Revised ed.). Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-375-40232-2.
Wikidata ☰ Q4142537 entry
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