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    Sisyrinchium septentrionale

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    Northern blue-eyed grass
    Sisyrinchium septentrionale
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Kingdom: Plantae
    Clade: Tracheophytes
    Clade: Angiosperms
    Clade: Monocots
    Order: Asparagales
    Family: Iridaceae
    Genus: Sisyrinchium
    Species:
    S. septentrionale
    Binomial name
    Sisyrinchium septentrionale
    E.P.Bicknell
    Synonyms

    Bermudiana septentrionalis (E.P. Bicknell) Lunell

    Sisyrinchium septentrionale, the northern blue-eyed grass,[1] is a plant species native to western North America. It has been known from Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories), and 4 counties in the US State of Washington (Okanagan, Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille) and 2 in Montana (Sheridan and Richland).[2][3]

    Sisyrinchium septentrionale is a perennial herb up to 50 cm tall. Flowers are pale blue to light violet-blue, with yellow bases.[2][4][5][6]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Sisyrinchium septentrionale". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
    2. ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 371, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
    3. ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Program), floristic synthesis, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
    4. ^ Bicknell, Eugene Pintard. 1899. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 26(8): 452–453.
    5. ^ Lunell, Joël. 1915. American Midland Naturalist 4(6): 242.
    6. ^ Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
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