Sisyrinchium septentrionale explained

Sisyrinchium septentrionale, the northern blue-eyed grass, is a plant species native to western North America. It has been known from Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Northwest Territories), and 4 counties in the US State of Washington (Okanagan, Ferry, Stevens and Pend Oreille) and 2 in Montana (Sheridan and Richland).[1] [2]

Sisyrinchium septentrionale is a perennial herb up to 50 cm tall. Flowers are pale blue to light violet-blue, with yellow bases.[1] [3] [4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101922 Flora of North America v 26 p 371, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
  2. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Sisyrinchium%20septentrionale.png BONAP (Biota of North America Program), floristic synthesis, Sisyrinchium septentrionale
  3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/710376#page/534/mode/1up Bicknell, Eugene Pintard. 1899. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 26(8): 452–453.
  4. Lunell, Joël. 1915. American Midland Naturalist 4(6): 242.
  5. Moss, E. H. 1983. Flora of Alberta (ed. 2) i–xii, 1–687. University of Toronto Press, Toronto.