OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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

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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sisyrinchium fuscatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-002:

Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

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

Sisyrinchium fuscatum

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

Sisyrinchium incrustatum

 

COMMON NAME:
 Bristly Blue-eyed-grass, Coastal Plain Blue-eyed-grass

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image of Sisyrinchium fuscatum, Bristly Blue-eyed-grass, Coastal Plain Blue-eyed-grass

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 fuscatum   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

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
 Sisyrinchium fuscatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-002:
 Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

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

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3664

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Xeric to dry soils of pine barrens, Carolina bay rims, longleaf pine sandhills, fluvial sand ridges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in NC Coastal Plain, uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
3 united stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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