Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sisyrinchium capillare
FAMILY
Iridaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium capillare
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sisyrinchium capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Sisyrinchium capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sisyrinchium capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sisyrinchium capillare
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-001?:
Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sisyrinchium capillare
COMMON NAME:
Wiry Blue-eyed-grass
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sisyrinchium capillare
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium capillare
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sisyrinchium capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Sisyrinchium capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sisyrinchium capillare
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Sisyrinchium capillare
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-001?:
Sisyrinchium albidum
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sisyrinchium capillare
4937
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and flatwoods, acid seepages in the lower Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
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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