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Sisyrinchium septentrionale

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Species of grass-like plant

Northern blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium septentrionale
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Sisyrinchium
Species: S. septentrionale
Binomial name
Sisyrinchium septentrionale
E.P.Bicknell
Synonyms

Bermudiana septentrionalis (E.P. Bicknell) Lunell

Sisyrinchium septentrionale, the northern blue-eyed grass, is a plant species native to western North America. It has been known from Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories), and 4 counties in the US State of Washington (Okanagan, Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille) and 2 in Montana (Sheridan and Richland).

Sisyrinchium septentrionale is a perennial herb up to 50 cm tall. Flowers are pale blue to light violet-blue, with yellow bases.

References

  1. NRCS. "Sisyrinchium septentrionale". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  2. ^ Flora of North America v 26 p 371, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
  3. BONAP (Biota of North America Program), floristic synthesis, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
  4. Bicknell, Eugene Pintard. 1899. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 26(8): 452–453.
  5. Lunell, Joël. 1915. American Midland Naturalist 4(6): 242.
  6. Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
Taxon identifiers
Sisyrinchium septentrionale
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