- Sisyrinchium montanum
Taxobox
name = "Sisyrinchium montanum"
image_width = 240px
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo =Asparagales
familia =Iridaceae
subfamilia =Iridoideae
tribus =Sisyrinchieae
genus = "Sisyrinchium "
species = "S. montanum"
binomial = "Sisyrinchium montanum"
binomial_authority = Greene"Sisyrinchium montanum", or strict blue-eyed grass, is a grass-like species of plants from the
genus "Sisyrinchium " native to northernNorth America from Newfoundland west to easternmostAlaska , and south toPennsylvania in the east, and toNew Mexico in theRocky Mountains . It is very similar to "S. angustifolium", with which it is sometimes combined.Flora of North America: [http://efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101914 "Sisyrinchium montanum"] ]It is a
herbaceous perennial plant that grows in clumps between 10–50 cm tall. Its stems have wings with entire to finely toothed margins. The leaves and stem are slender, 3 mm broad, green or brownish, with sharp edges and a fine point. Theflower s are produced in a smallcyme of two to five together emerging from aspathe , each flower about 2 cm diameter, with six purplishtepal s with a yellowish base and yellow stamens. Thefruit is a capsule 4.5–6 mm long, containing numerous small blackseed s.Plants of British Columbia: [http://linnet.geog.ubc.ca/Atlas/Atlas.aspx?sciname=Sisyrinchium+montanum "Sisyrinchium montanum"] ]References
* [http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SIMO2 "Sisyrinchium montanum"] in the
USDA PLANTS database
* [http://www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2006/06/sisyrinchium_montanum.php "Sisyrinchium montanum"] at Botany Photo of the Day
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