Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/24/2008).
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Jim Brighton
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Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/22/2012). Stem many branched; capsules drying to brown-dark-brown.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/26/2020).
A Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Calvert Co., Maryland (5/23/2014).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Howard Co., Maryland (5/19/2017).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/15/2018).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/25/2014).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Harford Co., Maryland (6/23/2014).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/17/2013).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/1981).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Talbot Co., Maryland (5/16/2015).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/22/2015).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/31/2017).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (5/16/2017).
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/27/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Status
The most common species of Sisyrinchium in Maryland.
Description
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass can be separated from other Maryland Sisyrinchium species by having branched stems, plant bases without fibrous remains, and the stem is greater than 2mm wide (Weakley, 2015).
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Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (5/25/2014).
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Jim Stasz.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/24/2008).
Media by
Jim Brighton.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/22/2012). Stem many branched; capsules drying to brown-dark-brown.
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Bill Harms.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/25/2014).
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Jim Stasz.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Allegany Co., Maryland (5/26/2020).
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Mark Eanes.
A Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Charles Co., Maryland (5/24/2014).
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Jim Stasz.
A Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Calvert Co., Maryland (5/23/2014).
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Jim Stasz.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Howard Co., Maryland (5/19/2017).
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Bill Harms.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Dorchester Co., Maryland (5/15/2018).
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Wayne Longbottom.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Cecil Co., Maryland (6/25/2014).
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Jim Stasz.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Harford Co., Maryland (6/23/2014).
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Jim Stasz.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Montgomery Co., Maryland (5/17/2013).
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Fritz Flohr Reynolds.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass blooming in Baltimore Co., Maryland (5/20/1981).
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Jim Stasz.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Talbot Co., Maryland (5/16/2015).
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Jim Brighton.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Prince George's Co., Maryland (5/22/2015).
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Bill Harms.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/31/2017).
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Tyler Bell.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Queen Anne's Co., Maryland (5/16/2017).
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Dan Small.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass in Caroline Co., Maryland (5/27/2020). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Source: Wikipedia
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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. angustifolium
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| Binomial name | |
| Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill., 1768
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Sisyrinchium angustifolium, commonly known as narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass,[3] is a herbaceous perennial growing from rhizomes, native to moist meadow and open woodland. It is the most common blue-eyed grass of the eastern United States, and is also cultivated as an ornamental.
Range: Eastern Canada and US, west to Texas and Minnesota, in meadows, low woods, and shorelines.
Height: 15–50 cm (6–20 in). Stem: broadly winged, 2–4 mm (1⁄16–3⁄16 in) wide, usually branched. Leaves: 2–6 mm (1⁄16–1⁄4 in) wide. Tepals: 6, blue,[4] 7–10 mm (1⁄4–3⁄8 in), each tipped with a sharp point, veined, and darkening toward central yellow patch.
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Many in a hedge -
Flowers, stem, and leaves -
Bud before flowering and immature fruits -
flower, close -
Mature fruits, having released the seeds
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Sisyrinchium angustifolium". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
- ^ "Sisyrinchium angustifolium". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
- ^ Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 72. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
Further reading
[edit]- Cholewa, Anita F.; Henderson, Douglass M. (2002). "Sisyrinchium angustifolium". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 26. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- Rhoads, Ann F.; Block, Timothy A. (2007). The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual. Anna Anisko (Illustrator) (2nd ed.). University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-4003-0.
- Gleason, Henry A.; Cronquist, Arthur (1991). Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada (2nd ed.). The New York Botanical Garden Press. ISBN 0-89327-365-1.
- Thierer, John W.; Niering, William A.; Olmstead, Nancy C. (2001). National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region (Revised ed.). Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-375-40232-2.
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