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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.

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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

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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.