western blue-eyed grass (Plants of Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve)

western blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium bellum

Summary ⁷

Sisyrinchium bellum (Western Blue-eyed Grass, Californian Blue-eyed Grass) is the common blue-eyed grass of California and Oregon in and west of the Sierra Nevada, its range extending south into Baja California. In parts of its range, Western Blue-eyed Grass has previously been classified as Sisyrinchium eastwoodiae, S. greenei and S. hesperium, but these names are now considered synonyms.

Comments ⁸

Sisyrinchium bellum is the most common species of Sisyrinchium in California; it is highly variable in habit, flower color, and size. Plants of serpentine areas are intermediate with S. idahoense var. idahoense; plants of the Transverse Ranges are intermediate with S. demissum.

Sources and Credits

(c) Franco Folini, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/78425154@N00/4350730696
(c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=264870&one=T
(c) 2010 Barry Breckling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=309058&one=T
(c) 2010 Steven Thorsted, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=318270&one=T
(c) 2010 Steven Thorsted, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=318269&one=T
(c) 2012 Gary A. Monroe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=406609&one=T
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyrinchium_bellum
(c) Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63110 USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/19830457

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