OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Sisyrinchium fuscatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)

Sisyrinchium nashii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26 (2002)

Sisyrinchium fuscatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Sisyrinchium fuscatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-002?:

Sisyrinchium arenicola   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Sisyrinchium rufipes

 

COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Blue-eyed-grass, Rufous Blue-eyed-grass


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image of Sisyrinchium rufipes, Sandhill Blue-eyed-grass, Rufous Blue-eyed-grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_siar2_001_lvd

        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Sisyrinchium fuscatum   FAMILY Iridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Sisyrinchium fuscatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida (Wunderlin & Hansen, 2011)
Sisyrinchium nashii

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 26
Sisyrinchium fuscatum

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Sisyrinchium fuscatum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 046-02-002?:
Sisyrinchium arenicola   FAMILY Iridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Sisyrinchium rufipes

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

4938

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Xeric-dry longleaf pine sandhills, fluvial sand ridges, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon

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LEAVES:
Simple

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Blue
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/Fall
Capsule

 

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