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Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.
white blue-eyed grass

       
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Photo of Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.
Jennifer Anderson. United States, IA, Jackson Co., McNeil Preserve. 2002. Usage Requirements.
 
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Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.

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Synonyms:
Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.

  SIAS3 Sisyrinchium asheianum E.P. Bicknell
  SIHA4 Sisyrinchium hastile E.P. Bicknell p.p.
  SISC6 Sisyrinchium scabrellum E.P. Bicknell
 

Distribution:
Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.

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USA (AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.

View 29 genera in Iridaceae, 41 species in Sisyrinchium
 

Classification:
Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Liliidae
Order Liliales
Family Iridaceae – Iris family
Genus Sisyrinchium L. – blue-eyed grass
Species Sisyrinchium albidum Raf. – white blue-eyed grass
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Michigan:
Sisyrinchium hastile
blue-eyed-grass              Probably Extirpated
Pennsylvania:
blue-eyed-grass              Extirpated
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
UPL,FACU UPL FACU FACU NO NO FACU NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Sisyrinchium albidum Raf.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43241.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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