Summary ⁷

Sisyrinchium is a large genus of annual to perennial plants of the iris family, native to the New World, whose species are known as blue-eyed grasses.

Flower visiting insects of blue eyed grass in illinois ⁸

Sisyrinchium spp. (Blue-eyed Grass)
(insect activity is unspecified; information is limited to bees; observations are from Smith et al.)

Bees (long-tongued)
Anthophoridae (Xylocopini): Xylocopa virginica (Smh); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Hoplitis pilosifrons (Smh), Osmia conjuncta (Smh)

Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochloropsis metallica (Smh); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena microchlora (Smh), Andrena personata (Smh)

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1. (c) David Hofmann, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/23326361@N04/3062614794
2. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/photox/sbe_grass2.jpg
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5. (c) 2010 Barry Breckling, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=309058&one=T
6. (c) 2008 Keir Morse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=264870&one=T
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyrinchium
8. (c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/32220830

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos

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