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Blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Description:

a herbaceous perennial growing from rhizomes, native to moist meadow and open woodland. It is the most common blue-eyed grass of the eastern United States, and is also cultivated as an ornamental. Height: 15–50 centimetres (6–20 in). Stem: broadly winged, 2–4 millimetres (0.08–0.16 in) wide, usually branched. Leaves: 2–6 millimetres (0.08–0.24 in) wide. Tepals: 6, blue, 7–10 millimetres (0.3–0.4 in), each tipped with a sharp point, veined, and darkening toward central yellow patch. Info from wikipedia.

Habitat:

Eastern Canada and US, west to Texas and Minnesota, in meadows, low woods, and shorelines.

Notes:

Found growing wild in a meadow near my home...

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1 Comment

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

beautiful series!

ginhunter
Spotted by
ginhunter

West Virginia, USA

Spotted on May 17, 2012
Submitted on May 17, 2012

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