OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Sisyrinchium rosulatum   FAMILY Iridaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium rosulatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Sisyrinchium rosulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH 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

INCLUDING -

Sisyrinchium exile

 

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

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image of Sisyrinchium rosulatum, 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 rosulatum, 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 rosulatum, 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 rosulatum, Annual Blue-eyed Grass, Lawn Blue-eyed Grass, Fairy Stars

JK Marlow    jkm140523_164

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

image of Sisyrinchium rosulatum, 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 rosulatum, Annual Blue-eyed Grass, Lawn Blue-eyed Grass, Fairy Stars

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_rosulatum

May        

image of Sisyrinchium rosulatum, 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 rosulatum, 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 rosulatum, 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 (4/24/22):
 Sisyrinchium rosulatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium rosulatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Sisyrinchium rosulatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH 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

INCLUDING -
 Sisyrinchium exile

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1391

Forb
Winter annual

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

Native to Alabama & Florida

Uncommon to rare in GA, NC, SC

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LEAVES:
Simple

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule

 

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