Eastern Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Howard Co., Maryland (5/22/2015).
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass in Howard Co., Maryland (5/24/2016).
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/10/2011).
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass blooming in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/11/2016).
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/1981).
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Charles Co., Maryland (5/17/2014).
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/15/2017).
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Description
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass can be separated from other Maryland Sisyrinchium species by having branched stems, plant bases without fibrous remains, and the stem is less than 2mm wide (Weakley, 2015).
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Eastern Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Howard Co., Maryland (5/22/2015).
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Eastern Blue-eyed Grass in Howard Co., Maryland (5/24/2016).
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Jim Wilkinson.
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/10/2011).
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Bill Harms.
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass blooming in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (6/11/2016).
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Tyler Bell.
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/1981).
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Jim Stasz.
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Charles Co., Maryland (5/17/2014).
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Jim Stasz.
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/15/2017).
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Bill Harms.
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| Sisyrinchium atlanticum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Genus: | Sisyrinchium |
| Species: | S. atlanticum
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| Binomial name | |
| Sisyrinchium atlanticum | |
Sisyrinchium atlanticum, the eastern blue-eyed grass or Atlantic blue-eyed-grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae.[1]
Habitat
[edit]The preferred habitat is moist sandy shores and grasslands.[2]
Range
[edit]The species is found in eastern North America, from Maine south to Florida and Mississippi.[3]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sisyrinchium atlanticum.
Wikispecies has information related to Sisyrinchium atlanticum.
- ^ "Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P. Bicknell eastern blue-eyed grass". plants.usda.gov. USDA PLANTS.
- ^ "Sisyrinchium atlanticum Atlantic blue-eyed-grass". Michigan Natural Features Inventory. Michigan State University.
- ^ "Sisyrinchium atlanticum". wildflower.org. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. 2016-07-08.
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