Sisyrinchium albidum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Sisyrinchium
- Species
- Sisyrinchium albidum
- Scientific Name
- Sisyrinchium albidum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sisyrinchium albidum
Sisyrinchium albidum, commonly known as white blue-eyed grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae.
The stem of Sisyrinchium albidum is commonly pale grey and threadlike, measuring 0.2 to 0.5 m high and 0.5 to 1 mm wide. Similarly, its narrow, stiff leaves are 0.5 to 1 mm wide. Its twinned spathes (by which it is characterized, along with its leaves) are green and purple-tinged and 1.5 to 2 cm high. The outer part of the flower, including the petals, is white to violet and 8–10 mm long. Its fruits are 2–4 mm long and a pale yellow-green. It is found mostly in eastern North America.
...Sisyrinchium albidum in languages:
- English
- white blue-eyed grass
- French
- bermudienne blanche
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Sisyrinchium albidum
- Sisyrinchium angustifolium
- Sisyrinchium atlanticum
- Sisyrinchium azureum
- Sisyrinchium bellum
- Sisyrinchium bermudiana
- Sisyrinchium campestre
- Sisyrinchium demissum
- Sisyrinchium funereum
- Sisyrinchium fuscatum
- Sisyrinchium idahoense
- Sisyrinchium littorale
- Sisyrinchium macranthum
- Sisyrinchium miamiense
- Sisyrinchium montanum
- Sisyrinchium mucronatum
- Sisyrinchium nashii
- Sisyrinchium pachyrhizum
- Sisyrinchium patagonicum
- Sisyrinchium platense
- Sisyrinchium pruinosum
- Sisyrinchium radicatum
- Sisyrinchium sarmentosum
- Sisyrinchium scabrum
- Sisyrinchium xerophyllum
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