Gen. Sisyrinchium (Iridaceae) / Flora of USA and Canada

Scientific name	Google Search	*Distribution in USA and Canada ()**	Common names	Grown habit	Duration
Sisyrinchium acre H. Mann		USA (HI) Map for Sisyrinchium acre H. Mann (*)	Hawai'i blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium albidum Raf. = Sisyrinchium asheianum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium hastile E.P. Bicknell p.p. = Sisyrinchium scabrellum E.P. Bicknell		USA (AL, AR, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI), CAN (ON) Map for Sisyrinchium albidum Raf. (*)	white blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill. = Sisyrinchium bermudiana auct. non L. = Sisyrinchium graminoides E.P. Bicknell		USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (LB, NS, ON, QC) Map for Sisyrinchium angustifolium Mill. (*)	narrowleaf blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium arizonicum Rothr. = Oreolirion arizonicum (Rothr.) E.P. Bicknell		USA (AZ, NM) Map for Sisyrinchium arizonicum Rothr. (*)	Arizona blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium apiculatum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx. var. atlanticum (E.P. Bicknell) H.E. Ahles		USA (AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI), CAN (NS) Map for Sisyrinchium atlanticum E.P. Bicknell (*)	eastern blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium bellum S. Watson = Sisyrinchium eastwoodiae E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium greenei E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium hesperium E.P. Bicknell		USA (CA, OR) Map for Sisyrinchium bellum S. Watson (*)	western blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium biforme E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium dimorphum R.L. Oliv.		USA (LA, TX) Map for Sisyrinchium biforme E.P. Bicknell (*)	wiry blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium californicum (Ker Gawl.) Aiton = Hydastylus borealis E.P. Bicknell = Hydastylus brachypus E.P. Bicknell = Hydastylus californicus (Ker Gawl.) Salisb. = Sisyrinchium boreale (E.P. Bicknell) Henry		USA (CA, OR, WA), CAN (BC) Map for Sisyrinchium californicum (Ker Gawl.) Aiton (*)	golden blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell var. kansanum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium flaviflorum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium kansanum (E.P. Bicknell) Alexander		USA (AR, IA, IL, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WI), CAN (MB) Map for Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell (*)	prairie blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium capillare E.P. Bicknell		USA (AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA) Map for Sisyrinchium capillare E.P. Bicknell (*)	needle blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium cernuum (E.P. Bicknell) Kearney = Sisyrinchium powellii Warnock		USA (AZ, TX) Map for Sisyrinchium cernuum (E.P. Bicknell) Kearney (*)	nodding blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium chilense Hook. = Sisyrinchium ensigerum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium scabrum Cham. & Schltdl.		USA (OK, TX) Map for Sisyrinchium chilense Hook. (*)	swordleaf blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium demissum Greene = Sisyrinchium demissum Greene var. amethystinum (E.P. Bicknell) Kearney & Peebles = Sisyrinchium longipedunculatum E.P. Bicknell		USA (AZ, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT) Map for Sisyrinchium demissum Greene (*)	stiff blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium dichotomum E.P. Bicknell		USA (NC, SC) Map for Sisyrinchium dichotomum E.P. Bicknell (*)	wishbone blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium elmeri Greene = Hydastylus elmeri (Greene) E.P. Bicknell		USA (CA) Map for Sisyrinchium elmeri Greene (*)	Elmer's blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium farwellii E.P. Bicknell		USA (MI, WI) Map for Sisyrinchium farwellii E.P. Bicknell (*)	Farwell's blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium funereum E.P. Bicknell		USA (CA, NV) Map for Sisyrinchium funereum E.P. Bicknell (*)	Funeral Mountain blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium arenicola E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium incrustatum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium rufipes E.P. Bicknell		USA (AL, CT, FL, GA, LA, MA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, VA), CAN (NS) Map for Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P. Bicknell (*)	coastal plain blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium groenlandicum Böcher		DEN (GL) Map for Sisyrinchium groenlandicum Böcher (*)	Greenland blueeyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium halophilum Greene		USA (CA, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT) Map for Sisyrinchium halophilum Greene (*)	Nevada blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium hitchcockii Douglass M. Hend.		USA (OR) Map for Sisyrinchium hitchcockii Douglass M. Hend. (*)	Hitchcock's blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell		USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC) Map for Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell (*)	Idaho blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. idahoense = Sisyrinchium birameum Piper		USA (CA, ID, MT, OR, WA, WY), CAN (BC) Map for Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. idahoense (*)	Idaho blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. macounii (E.P. Bicknell) Douglass M. Hend. = Sisyrinchium macounii E.P. Bicknell		USA (WA), CAN (BC) Map for Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. macounii (E.P. Bicknell) Douglass M. Hend. (*)	Macoun's blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. occidentale (E.P. Bicknell) Douglass M. Hend. = Sisyrinchium occidentale E.P. Bicknell		USA (AZ, CA, CO, ID, MT, NM, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY) Map for Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. occidentale (E.P. Bicknell) Douglass M. Hend. (*)	Idaho blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. segetum (E.P. Bicknell) Douglass M. Hend. = Sisyrinchium segetum E.P. Bicknell		USA (NV, OR, WA), CAN (BC) Map for Sisyrinchium idahoense E.P. Bicknell var. segetum (E.P. Bicknell) Douglass M. Hend. (*)	Idaho blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium implicatum E.P. Bicknell		- Map for Sisyrinchium implicatum E.P. Bicknell (*)	blueeyed grass	-	-
Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth = Sisyrinchium laxum Otto ex Sims		USA (LA, TX) Map for Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth (*)	spreading blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium langloisii Greene = Sisyrinchium brayi E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium canbyi E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium colubriferum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium helleri E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium pruinosum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium varians E.P. Bicknell		USA (AL, AR, GA, KS, LA, MS, OK, TN, TX) Map for Sisyrinchium langloisii Greene (*)	roadside blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium littorale Greene		USA (AK, WA), CAN (BC) Map for Sisyrinchium littorale Greene (*)	Alaska blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium longipes (E.P. Bicknell) Kearney & Peebles		USA (AZ, NM) Map for Sisyrinchium longipes (E.P. Bicknell) Kearney & Peebles (*)	timberland blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium macrocarpon E.P. Bicknell		USA (AZ) Map for Sisyrinchium macrocarpon E.P. Bicknell (*)	Willow Spring blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium miamiense E.P. Bicknell		USA (FL, GA, SC) Map for Sisyrinchium miamiense E.P. Bicknell (*)	Miami blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium minus Engelm. & A. Gray		USA (CA, LA, NC, OK, TX) Map for Sisyrinchium minus Engelm. & A. Gray (*)	dwarf blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Annual
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene		USA (AK, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SD, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM) Map for Sisyrinchium montanum Greene (*)	strict blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene var. crebrum Fernald = Sisyrinchium bermudiana L. var. crebrum (Fernald) B. Boivin = Sisyrinchium montanum Greene ssp. crebrum (Fernald) Böcher		USA (CT, IL, MA, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM) Map for Sisyrinchium montanum Greene var. crebrum Fernald (*)	strict blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene var. montanum = Sisyrinchium heterocarpum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium strictum E.P. Bicknell		USA (CO, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NY, PA, SD, TX, UT, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NS, NT, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT) Map for Sisyrinchium montanum Greene var. montanum (*)	strict blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx. = Sisyrinchium intermedium E.P. Bicknell		USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (MB, ON, QC, SK) Map for Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx. (*)	needletip blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium nashii E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium carolinianum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium fibrosum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium floridanum E.P. Bicknell		USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA) Map for Sisyrinchium nashii E.P. Bicknell (*)	Nash's blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium pallidum Cholewa & Douglass M. Hend.		USA (CO, WY) Map for Sisyrinchium pallidum Cholewa & Douglass M. Hend. (*)	pale blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium radicatum E.P. Bicknell		USA (UT) Map for Sisyrinchium radicatum E.P. Bicknell (*)	bigroot blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium rosulatum E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium brownei Small = Sisyrinchium exile E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium micranthum auct. non Cav.		USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX, VA), USA+ (PR) Map for Sisyrinchium rosulatum E.P. Bicknell (*)	annual blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Annual, Perennial
Sisyrinchium sagittiferum E.P. Bicknell		USA (AR, LA, TX) Map for Sisyrinchium sagittiferum E.P. Bicknell (*)	spearbract blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium sarmentosum Suksd. ex Greene		USA (OR, WA) Map for Sisyrinchium sarmentosum Suksd. ex Greene (*)	mountain blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium septentrionale E.P. Bicknell		USA (ID, MT, WA), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, SK) Map for Sisyrinchium septentrionale E.P. Bicknell (*)	northern blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial
Sisyrinchium tracyi E.P. Bicknell		- Map for Sisyrinchium tracyi E.P. Bicknell (*)	blueeyed grass	-	-
Sisyrinchium xerophyllum Greene = Sisyrinchium solstitiale E.P. Bicknell = Sisyrinchium tortum E.P. Bicknell		USA (FL, GA) Map for Sisyrinchium xerophyllum Greene (*)	jeweled blue-eyed grass	Forb/herb	Perennial

(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

PICTURES

Sisyrinchium albidum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 543.
Sisyrinchium albidum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 543.
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 543.

Sisyrinchium angustifolium
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 545.
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Hippolyte Coste - Flore descriptive et illustrée de la France, de la Corse et des contrées limitrophes, 1901-1906 - This image is in public domain because its copyright has expired.
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Walter Hood Fitch - Illustrations of the British Flora (1924) - Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Sisyrinchium atlanticum
Robert H. Mohlenbrock USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. - Not copyrighted image
Sisyrinchium atlanticum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 545.
Sisyrinchium californicum
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Sisyrinchium californicum
Permission granted to use under GFDL by Kurt Stueber. Source: www.biolib.de - Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this image under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".
Sisyrinchium campestre
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 544.
Sisyrinchium fuscatum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 544.

Sisyrinchium montanum
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Sisyrinchium montanum
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Sisyrinchium montanum var. montanum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 545.

Sisyrinchium mucronatum
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 544.
Sisyrinchium striatum
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Sisyrinchium striatum
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