NameThatPlant.net: Sisyrinchium albidum

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY Iridaceae Go to FSUS key

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Learn more about Sisyrinchium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-001:

Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY Iridaceae

COMMON NAME:
Pale Blue-eyed-grass, White Blue-eyed-grass

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-001:
Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY Iridaceae

2201

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, mesic longleaf pine sandhills, open limestone barrens, prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue/White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals: perianth rotate, tepals abruptly spreading in a plane
3 united stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences paired (each composed of 1-several flowers, their pedicels emanating from within 2 chartaceous scales; thus, 2 pairs of scales within 2 outer leaflike green spathe bracts)

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

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