Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Summary 7

Sisyrinchium angustifolium, commonly known as narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass, is a herbaceous perennial growing from rhizomes, native to moist meadow and open woodland. It is the most common blue-eyed grass of the eastern United States, and is also cultivated as an ornamental.

General description 8

Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill.

Distribution

Wet pine flatwoods (WPF-T), wet pine savannas (WLPS, VWLPS).

Notes

Occasional. Mar–Jun ; May–Jul . Thornhill 195, 1401 (NCSC). [= RAB, FNA, Weakley]

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/photox/sbe_grass2.jpg
  2. (c) Steven J. Baskauf, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://bioimages.vanderbilt.edu/baskauf/23866
  3. (c) Patrick Coin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/42264328@N00/3477641824
  4. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/PhotosMedium/Sisyrinchium%20angustifolium%2000004.JPG
  5. (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10212561
  6. (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/PhotosMedium/Sisyrinchium%20angustifolium%2000005.JPG
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyrinchium_angustifolium
  8. Adapted by Kate Severson from a work by (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (<license>Public Domain</license>), http://eol.org/data_objects/31443624

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