OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae   Go to FSUS key

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-002:

Sisyrinchium arenicola   FAMILY Iridaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Bristly Blue-eyed-grass, Coastal Plain Blue-eyed-grass

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
 Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

(?) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-002:
 Sisyrinchium arenicola   FAMILY Iridaceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3664

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Xeric to dry soils of pine barrens, Carolina bay rims, longleaf pine sandhills, fluvial sand ridges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals: perianth rotate, tepals abruptly spreading in a plane
3 united stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences solitary, not paired (thus, only 1 pair of chartaceous scales within the 2 green spathe bracts)

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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