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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sisyrinchium nashii
FAMILY
Iridaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium nashii
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sisyrinchium nashii
INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Sisyrinchium nashii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Sisyrinchium nashii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sisyrinchium nashii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-002?:
Sisyrinchium arenicola FAMILY Iridaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sisyrinchium fibrosum
COMMON NAME:
Nash's Blue-eyed-grass
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sisyrinchium nashii
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium nashii
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sisyrinchium nashii
INCLUDED WITHIN
Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Sisyrinchium nashii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Sisyrinchium nashii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sisyrinchium nashii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-002?:
Sisyrinchium arenicola
FAMILY
Iridaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sisyrinchium fibrosum
4721
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dryish woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, scrubby flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in GA & SC (uncommon to rare in NC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals: perianth rotate, tepals abruptly spreading in a plane
3 united stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences solitary, not paired (thus, only 1 pair of chartaceous scales within the 2 green spathe bracts)
FRUIT:
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p434
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p386
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