Olsynium

Olsynium
O. douglasii var. douglasii in Anacortes Community Forest Lands
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Iridoideae
Tribe:	Sisyrinchieae
Genus:	Olsynium Raf.
Type species
Olsynium grandiflorum (Douglas ex Lindley) Rafinesque
Species
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Olsynium (huilmo in Chile; formerly part of Sisyrinchium) is a genus of 12 species of summer-dormant rhizomatous perennials in the iris family, native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America.

Description

Height is 10–40 centimetres (4–16 in) tall. Leaves are linear, 4–30 centimetres (1.6–12 in) long and 1–3 millimetres (0.04–0.12 in) broad.

Flowers are bell-shaped, with six white, pink, or lilac tepals, and bloom from late winter to spring.

Etymology

The genus name is derived from the Greek words ol, meaning "a little", and syn-, meaning "joined".^[1]

Species

There are 12 species, 11 in South America and 1 in western North America.

South America Olsynium biflorum (Thunb.) Goldbl. Patagonia Olsynium filifolium (Gaudich.) Goldbl. Falkland Islands Olsynium junceum (E.Mey. ex Presl) Goldbl. Chile Olsynium philippii (Klatt) Goldbl. Chile Olsynium scirpoideum Chile

western North America Olsynium douglasii (A.Dietr.) E.P.Bicknell

References

1. ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 219–21. ISBN 0-88192-897-6. 

External links

• Flora of North America
• Pacific Bulb Society
• Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. Macmillan.

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