Sisyrinchium septentrionale E.P.Bicknell

Northern blue-eyed grass (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asparagales > Iridaceae > Sisyrinchium

Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, cespitose, green to pale olive when dry, to 4.3 dm, not glaucous; rhizomes scarcely discernable. Stems simple, 0.8–2 mm wide, glabrous, margins usually entire to denticulate apically, similar in color and texture to stem body. Leaf blades glabrous, bases not persistent in fibrous tufts. Inflorescences borne singly; spathes usually green, glabrous, keels entire to slightly denticulate; outer 20–63 mm, 17–42 mm longer than inner, tapering evenly towards apex, basally connate 1.5–2.5 mm; inner with keel evenly curved, hyaline margins 0.1–0.3 mm wide, apex acute to acuminate, ending 0.4–2.3 mm proximal to green apex. Flowers: tepals pale blue to light bluish violet, rarely white, bases yellow; outer 8–9.1 mm, apex usually rounded, aristate; filaments connate ± entirely, stipitate-glandular basally; ovary similar in color to foliage. Capsules beige to light brown, ± globose, 3–5 mm; pedicel spreading to erect. Seeds globose to obconic, lacking obvious depression, 0.5–1.2 mm, rugulose. 2n = 32.
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Mature height (meter) 0.32 - 0.43
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Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-5
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Images

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Distribution

Sisyrinchium septentrionale world distribution map, present in Canada and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:237779-2
WFO ID wfo-0000785590
COL ID 6YSP7
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Synonyms

Sisyrinchium septentrionale Bermudiana septentrionalis