OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Asparagales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sisyrinchium dichotomum   FAMILY Iridaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium dichotomum   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sisyrinchium dichotomum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Sisyrinchium dichotomum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sisyrinchium dichotomum

 

COMMON NAME:
White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette


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image of Sisyrinchium dichotomum, White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette

JK Marlow    jkm230320_1723

March    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Sisyrinchium dichotomum, White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette

Pam Torlina    pam_050709_1172

May    Polk County    NC

image of Sisyrinchium dichotomum, White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette

Pam Torlina    pam_052010_4069

May    Polk County    NC

Perianth with tepals abruptly spreading in a plane; tepals white, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Sisyrinchium dichotomum, White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette

Pam Torlina    pam_052010_4070_1

May    Polk County    NC

It has several pedunculate spathes that become progressively smaller upwards, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Sisyrinchium dichotomum, White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette

Dan Whitten    sdw_white_irisette

May    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Sisyrinchium dichotomum, White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette

Pam Torlina    pam_062608_321

June    Polk County    NC

Tepals recurved at maturity, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Sisyrinchium dichotomum, White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette

JK Marlow    jkm230720_4641

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Stems branched, with 2-5 nodes, the branching dichotomous, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Sisyrinchium dichotomum, White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette

Samantha Tessel    sam071221_7122434

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Outer tepals 3.3-7.5mm, apex apparently rounded, aristate, per Flora of North America.

image of Sisyrinchium dichotomum, White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette

Samantha Tessel    sam071221_7122435

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

image of Sisyrinchium dichotomum, White Irisette, Isothermal Irisette

Samantha Tessel    sam_2771

August    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Sisyrinchium dichotomum   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium dichotomum   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sisyrinchium dichotomum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Sisyrinchium dichotomum

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sisyrinchium dichotomum

 

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1390

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to mesic woodlands and forests, usually over mafic rocks (such as amphibolite), at low to moderate elevations (400-1000 m) in the Blue Ridge escarpment, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Rare, endemic to Henderson, Polk & Rutherford counties, NC, & Greenville Co, SC

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals: perianth rotate, tepals abruptly spreading in a plane
3 united stamens
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

Inflorescences solitary, not paired (thus, only 1 pair of chartaceous scales within the 2 green spathe bracts)

FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule

 

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