Sisyrinchium longipes

Sisyrinchium longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Sisyrinchieae
Genus: Sisyrinchium
Species: S. longipes
Binomial name
Sisyrinchium longipes
(Bickn.) Kearney & Peebles
Synonyms[1]
  • Hydastylus longipes Bickn.

Sisyrinchium longipes, called the timberland blue-eyed grass,[2] is a small herb native to Arizona, California and Chihuahua. It is an erect perennial up to 50 cm tall, with yellow to orange flowers, very often with prominent brown veins. It generally occurs in moist meadows, streambanks or pools in coniferous woods. [3][4][5]


References

  1. The Plant List
  2. "Sisyrinchium longipes". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. Kearney, T.H., & R.H. Peebles. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 29(11): 474. 1939.
  4. Bicknell, E.P. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 27(7): 382–383. 1900.
  5. Flora of North America, v 26, p 357.
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