OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium rosulatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sisyrinchium rosulatum

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Sisyrinchium rosulatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sisyrinchium rosulatum

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-005:

Sisyrinchium rosulatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

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

Sisyrinchium brownei

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

Sisyrinchium rosulatum

 

COMMON NAME:
 Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars

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image of Sisyrinchium micranthum, Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars

JK Marlow    jkm060423_131

April        SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Tepals of S. rosulatum flare gradually, usually with a maroon blaze at base, per Weakley's Flora (2010).

image of Sisyrinchium micranthum, Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars

JK Marlow    jkm080411_006

April    Charleston County    SC

Sisyrinchium rosulatum is apparently weedy throughout much of its range, per Flora of North America.

image of Sisyrinchium micranthum, Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars

Keith Bradley    kab_s_rosulatum_0328

April    Richland County    SC

Riverwalk Park

image of Sisyrinchium micranthum, Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars

JK Marlow    jkm140523_164

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Sisyrinchium micranthum, Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars

JK Marlow    jkm140523_166

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Tepals maroon... to lavender-rose w purple stripes, or yellow w purple bases, per Flora of North America.

image of Sisyrinchium micranthum, Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_rosulatum

May        

image of Sisyrinchium micranthum, Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_rosulatum_3

May        

Capsules tan with purplish sutures and sometimes apex, ~ globose, 2.1-4.2mm, per Flora of North America.

image of Sisyrinchium micranthum, Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars

JK Marlow    jkm140604_443

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Leaves 1.5-5mm wide. Scape freely branched, 0.5-2mm wide, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Sisyrinchium micranthum, Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars

JK Marlow    jkm140604_443b

June    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

[The tepals] appear to arise from the top of the inferior ovary, per Plant Identification Terminology (Harris & Harris, 1994).

 

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium rosulatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
 Sisyrinchium rosulatum

INCLUDING Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
 Sisyrinchium rosulatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
 Sisyrinchium rosulatum

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-005:
 Sisyrinchium rosulatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1391

Forb
Winter annual

Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, prairies, pinelands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Alabama & Florida

Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring
Pink to lavender with darker stripes or yellowish with rosy purple bases
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
3 united stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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