Northern blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium septentrionale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Sisyrinchium
Species:
S. septentrionale
Binomial name
Sisyrinchium septentrionale
E.P.Bicknell
Synonyms

Bermudiana septentrionalis (E.P. Bicknell) Lunell

Sisyrinchium septentrionale, the northern blue-eyed grass,[1] is a plant species native to western North America. It has been known from Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories), and 4 counties in the US State of Washington (Okanagan, Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille) and 2 in Montana (Sheridan and Richland).[2][3]

Sisyrinchium septentrionale is a perennial herb up to 50 cm tall. Flowers are pale blue to light violet-blue, with yellow bases.[2][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sisyrinchium septentrionale". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Flora of North America v 26 p 371, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
  3. ↑ BONAP (Biota of North America Program), floristic synthesis, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
  4. ↑ Bicknell, Eugene Pintard. 1899. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 26(8): 452–453.
  5. ↑ Lunell, Joël. 1915. American Midland Naturalist 4(6): 242.
  6. ↑ Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
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