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Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx.
needletip blue-eyed grass

       
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©William S. Justice. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Dept. of Systematic Biology, Botany. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.
 
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Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx.

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Synonyms:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx.

  SIIN17 Sisyrinchium intermedium E.P. Bicknell
 

Distribution:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx.

View 29 genera in Iridaceae, 41 species in Sisyrinchium
 

Classification:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx.

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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 mucronatum Michx. – needletip blue-eyed grass
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx.

This plant is 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.

Maine:
Michaux's blue-eyed-grass              Special Concern
Massachusetts:
slender blue-eyed grass              Endangered
New York:
Michaux's blue-eyed-grass              Endangered
Ohio:
narrow-leaved blue-eyed-grass              Endangered
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx.

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
FAC+,FACW- FAC+ FACW- FACW- FAC+ NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx.

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 43239.

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.

 
 
Time Generated: 09/21/2008 08:25 AM MDT