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Common Name:
Pale Blue-eyed-grass, White Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium albidum FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium albidum 046-02-001 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, mesic longleaf pine sandhills, open limestone barrens, prairies
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Wiry Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium capillare FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium capillare FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium albidum 046-02-001? FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Wet pine savannas and flatwoods, acid seepages in the lower Piedmont
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Bristly Blue-eyed-grass, Coastal Plain Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (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): Sisyrinchium arenicola 046-02-002 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Xeric to dry soils of pine barrens, Carolina bay rims, longleaf pine sandhills, fluvial sand ridges
Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Sandyland Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium arenicola FAMILY: Iridaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium fuscatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Pine-oak/heath woodlands and barrens, other sandy habitats
Native: north of the Carolinas
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Common Name: Sandhill Blue-eyed-grass, Rufous Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium rufipes FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium fuscatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium arenicola 046-02-002? FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Xeric-dry longleaf pine sandhills, fluvial sand ridges
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Nash's Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium nashii FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium nashii FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium arenicola 046-02-002? FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Dryish woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, scrubby flatwoods
Common in GA & SC (uncommon to rare in NC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium dichotomum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium dichotomum FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Dry to mesic woodlands and forests, usually over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite), at low to moderate elevations (400-1000 m) in the Blue Ridge escarpment
Rare, endemic to Henderson, Polk & Rutherford counties, NC, & Greenville Co, SC
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name:
Needletip Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisyrinchium mucronatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium mucronatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium mucronatum var. mucronatum 046-02-003a FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Forests, woodlands, fields
Common in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon to rare southward
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Atlantic Blue-eyed-grass, Eastern Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisyrinchium atlanticum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium atlanticum FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium mucronatum var. atlanticum 046-02-003b FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Dry, sandy or rocky places
Common (uncommon in GA Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed-grass, Stout Blue-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Sisyrinchium angustifolium FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium angustifolium FAMILY: Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium angustifolium 046-02-004 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Woodlands, forests, meadows, sandhill swales
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Annual Blue-eyed-grass, Lawn Blue-eyed-grass, Fairy Stars
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Sisyrinchium micranthum FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Sisyrinchium rosulatum FAMILY: Iridaceae
INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Sisyrinchium rosulatum 046-02-005 FAMILY: Iridaceae
Habitat: Lawns, roadsides, prairies, pinelands
Uncommon in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to Alabama & Florida
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