PLANTS Profile for Sisyrinchium (blue-eyed grass)

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PLANTS Profile

Sisyrinchium L.
blue-eyed grass

Symbol:

SISYR

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Iridaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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Clarence A. Rechenthin. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Texas State Office. Usage Requirements.

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Images:
Sisyrinchium L.

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Distribution:
Sisyrinchium L.

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY), USA+ (PR), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Sisyrinchium L.

View 29 genera in Iridaceae or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Sisyrinchium acre
Hawai'i blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium albidum
white blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium
narrowleaf blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium arizonicum
Arizona blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium atlanticum
eastern blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium bellum
western blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium biforme
wiry blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium californicum
golden blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium campestre
prairie blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium capillare
needle blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium cernuum
nodding blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium chilense
swordleaf blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium demissum
stiff blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium dichotomum
wishbone blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium elmeri
Elmer's blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium farwellii
Farwell's blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium funereum
Funeral Mountain blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium fuscatum
coastal plain blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium groenlandicum
Greenland blueeyed grass

Sisyrinchium halophilum
Nevada blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium hitchcockii
Hitchcock's blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium idahoense
Idaho blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium implicatum
blueeyed grass

Sisyrinchium iridifolium
spreading blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium langloisii
roadside blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium littorale
Alaska blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium longipes
timberland blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium macrocarpon
Willow Spring blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium miamiense
Miami blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium minus
dwarf blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium montanum
strict blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium mucronatum
needletip blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium nashii
Nash's blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium pallidum
pale blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium radicatum
bigroot blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium rosulatum
annual blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium sagittiferum
spearbract blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium sarmentosum
mountain blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium septentrionale
northern blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium tracyi
blueeyed grass

Sisyrinchium xerophyllum
jeweled blue-eyed grass

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Sisyrinchium L.

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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

More Accounts and Images:
Sisyrinchium L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43237.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 09/21/2008 08:04 AM MDT