OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae   Go to FSUS key


INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Sisyrinchium fuscatum

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

Sisyrinchium arenicola   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sisyrinchium fuscatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sisyrinchium incrustatum

 

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


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image of Sisyrinchium fuscatum, Bristly Blue-eyed Grass, Coastal Plain Blue-eyed Grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_siar2_001_lvd

        

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Sisyrinchium fuscatum

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

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sisyrinchium fuscatum

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sisyrinchium incrustatum

 

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

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
3 united stamens
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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