Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
FAMILY
Iridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Sisyrinchium from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-003a:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum var. mucronatum
FAMILY
Iridaceae
COMMON NAME:
Needletip Blue-eyed Grass
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_mucronatum_0086
April Catawba County NC
Tepals usually rounded at tip w small needle-like projection at the very tip, per www.minnesotawildflowers.info.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_mucronatum_0086b
April Catawba County NC
Each scape has a solitary sessile purple spathe bearing clusters of flowers, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_mucronatum_2
April Catawba County NC
Leaves very narrow, the flattened winged stems unbranched & only 1/16" wide, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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Terry Holdsclaw tdh_s_mucronatum_1
May Catawba County NC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
FAMILY
Iridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-003a:
Sisyrinchium mucronatum var. mucronatum
FAMILY
Iridaceae
2695
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Mountains & NC Piedmont, uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in forests, woodlands, fields, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
3 united stamens
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p434
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p388
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p444
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p020