Sisyrinchium platense

Taxobox
name = "Sisyrinchium platense"


image_width = 250px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Asparagales
familia = Iridaceae
subfamilia = Iridoideae
tribus = Sisyrinchieae
genus = "Sisyrinchium"
species = "S. platense"
binomial = "Sisyrinchium platense"
binomial_authority = I.M.Johnst.

"Sisyrinchium platense" is a species of flowering plant normally growing about 20 cm high, that are herbaceous perennials with many thin leaves produced from fleshy roots. Like other species in this genus they have flowers with six petal-like tepals that are bluish violet in color with darker veins, the flowers arise from the top of the stems and have green flat bracts. Fruits are capsules with many small seeds. Plants are spring blooming and the flower display is showy.

Native from the Pampas region of South America, were they are found growing in fertile and moist soils. [ [http://www.plantasvasculares.uns.edu.ar/herbario/galeria/pehuen/s.html Laboratorio de Plantas Vasculares ] ]

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