Sisyrinchium septentrionale
| Northern blue-eyed grass | |
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| Sisyrinchium septentrionale | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Sisyrinchium |
| Species: | S. septentrionale
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| Binomial name | |
| Sisyrinchium septentrionale E.P.Bicknell
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| Synonyms | |
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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]- ^ NRCS. "Sisyrinchium septentrionale". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 November 2015.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 371, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
- ^ BONAP (Biota of North America Program), floristic synthesis, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
- ^ Bicknell, Eugene Pintard. 1899. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 26(8): 452–453.
- ^ Lunell, Joël. 1915. American Midland Naturalist 4(6): 242.
- ^ Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.
