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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sisyrinchium arenicola
FAMILY
Iridaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum
FAMILY
Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sisyrinchium fuscatum
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)
Sisyrinchium fuscatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Sisyrinchium arenicola
COMMON NAME:
Sandyland Blue-eyed-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_siar2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sisyrinchium arenicola
FAMILY
Iridaceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum
FAMILY
Iridaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sisyrinchium fuscatum
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Sisyrinchium fuscatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Sisyrinchium arenicola
3665
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Pine-oak/heath woodlands and barrens, other sandy habitats, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals: perianth rotate, tepals abruptly spreading in a plane
3 united stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
Inflorescences solitary, not paired (thus, only 1 pair of chartaceous scales within the 2 green spathe bracts)
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
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