Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Sisyrinchium
Species:
S. angustifolium
Binomial name
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Mill., 1768
Synonyms
List
    • Bermudiana angustifolia (Mill.) Kuntze (1891)
    • Bermudiana bermudiana var. albida Kuntze (1898)
    • Bermudiana bermudiana var. angustifolia (Mill.) Kuntze (1898)
    • Sisyrinchium bermudiana subsp. angustifolium (Mill.) P.Fourn. (1935)
    • Bermudiana graminea Gaertn. (1788)
    • Bermudiana graminea (Lam.) Nieuwl. (1913)
    • Bermudiana graminifolia Medik. (1787)
    • Bermudiana homomalla (Klatt) Kuntze (1891)
    • Bermudiana iridifolia Medik. (1787)
    • Ferraria pulchella Salisb. (1796)
    • Ferraria violacea Salisb. (1796)
    • Marica mucronata Ker Gawl. (1827)
    • Sisyrinchium acuminatum Herb. (1843)
    • Sisyrinchium anceps Cav. (1788)
    • Sisyrinchium bermudiana var. anceps (Cav.) A.Gray (1867)
    • Sisyrinchium carolinianum E.P.Bicknell (1899)
    • Sisyrinchium cultrifolium Noronha (1790)
    • Sisyrinchium excisum Godr. (1853)
    • Sisyrinchium gramineum Lam. (1785)
    • Sisyrinchium graminoides E.P.Bicknell (1896)
    • Sisyrinchium hibernicum Á.Löve & D.Löve (1961)
    • Sisyrinchium homomallum Klatt (1882)
    • Sisyrinchium iridioides Curtis (1789)
    • Sisyrinchium membranaceum E.P.Bicknell (1899)
    • Sisyrinchium nuttallii Sweet (1826)
    • Sisyrinchium ramosum Herb. (1843)

Sisyrinchium angustifolium, commonly known as narrow-leaf blue-eyed-grass, is a herbaceous perennial growing from rhizomes, native to the eastern United States, stretching as far west as Texas and Kansas, where it is the most common blue-eyed grass. It is commonly cultivated as an ornamental.