PLANTS Profile for Sisyrinchium iridifolium (spreading blue-eyed grass)

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Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth
spreading blue-eyed grass

Symbol:

SIIR2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Iridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

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Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth

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Synonyms:
Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth

SILA18

Sisyrinchium laxum Otto ex Sims

Distribution:
Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth


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USA (LA, TX)

Related Taxa:
Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth

View 28 genera in Iridaceae, 42 species in Sisyrinchium

Classification:
Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Iridaceae – Iris family
Genus	Sisyrinchium L. – blue-eyed grass
Species	Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth – spreading blue-eyed grass

Introduced Information:
Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505246.

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 10:59 AM CDT