Sisyrinchium angustifolium
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| Blue-eyed grass | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Sisyrinchieae |
| Genus: | Sisyrinchium |
| Species: | S. angustifolium |
| Binomial name | |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill. |
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Sisyrinchium angustifolium, commonly known as Stout blue-eyed grass or simply blue-eyed grass, 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.
Height: 15–50 centimetres (6–20 in). Stem: broadly winged, 2–4 millimetres (0.08–0.16 in) wide. Leaves: 2–6 millimetres (0.08–0.24 in) wide. Tepals: 6, blue, 7–10 millimetres (0.3–0.4 in).
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bud before flowering and immature fruits
[edit] References
- Flora of North America
- Rhoads, Ann F., Timothy A. Block, and Anna Anisko (Illustrator). The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual, Second edition (2007). University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 0812240030
- Gleason, Henry A. and Cronquist, Arthur (1991) Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, Second Edition. The New York Botanical Garden Press. ISBN 0-89327-365-1.
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