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Sisyrinchium
Sisyrinchium is a large genus of annual to perennial flowering plants in the family Iridaceae. Native to the New World, the species are known as blue-eyed grasses. Although they are not true grasses (Poaceae), they are monocots.
47 branches of this group, most-observed first
western blue-eyed grass
speciesSisyrinchium bellum

narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass
speciesSisyrinchium angustifolium

strict blue-eyed grass
speciesSisyrinchium montanum

Roadside Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium pruinosum

prairie blue-eyed grass
speciesSisyrinchium campestre

Eastern Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium atlanticum

Sword-leaf Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium ensigerum

white blue-eyed grass
speciesSisyrinchium albidum

Idaho Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium idahoense

Jeweled Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium xerophyllum

Sisyrinchium scabrum
speciesSisyrinchium scabrum

Needle-tipped Blue-eyed-grass
speciesSisyrinchium mucronatum

Alaska Blue-eyed-grass
speciesSisyrinchium littorale

Sisyrinchium platense
speciesSisyrinchium platense

stiff blue-eyed grass
speciesSisyrinchium demissum

Bermudiana
speciesSisyrinchium bermudiana

Hitchcock's Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium hitchcockii

Sisyrinchium pachyrhizum
speciesSisyrinchium pachyrhizum

Nevada Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium halophilum

Yellow pale maiden
speciesSisyrinchium patagonicum

Roadside Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium langloisii

Coastal Plain Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium fuscatum

Nash's Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium nashii

Death Valley Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium funereum

Miami Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium miamiense

Wiry Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium biforme

Elizabeth's Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium elizabethiae

Sisyrinchium pallidum
speciesSisyrinchium pallidum

White Irisette
speciesSisyrinchium dichotomum

Northern Blue-eyed-grass
speciesSisyrinchium septentrionale

Alabama Blue Eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium calciphilum

Sisyrinchium capillare
speciesSisyrinchium capillare

Bigroot Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium radicatum

Sisyrinchium novoleonense
speciesSisyrinchium novoleonense

Sisyrinchium valparadiseum
speciesSisyrinchium valparadiseum

pale blue-eyed grass
speciesSisyrinchium sarmentosum

Sisyrinchium myrioflorum
speciesSisyrinchium myrioflorum

Sisyrinchium dimorphum
speciesSisyrinchium dimorphum

Spearbract Blue-eyed Grass
speciesSisyrinchium sagittiferum

Nishnab blue-eyed grass
speciesSisyrinchium strictum

Sisyrinchium azureum
speciesSisyrinchium azureum

Sisyrinchium macranthum
speciesSisyrinchium macranthum

Greenland blue-eyed grass
speciesSisyrinchium groenlandicum

Sisyrinchium ivanii
speciesSisyrinchium ivanii
Sisyrinchium tucumanum
speciesSisyrinchium tucumanum
Sisyrinchium magnicapsulare
speciesSisyrinchium magnicapsulare
Sisyrinchium hypsophilum
speciesSisyrinchium hypsophilum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1439845.


