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Sisyrinchium albilapidense

Sisyrinchium albilapidense is a small, tufted perennial in the iris family known only from one site in southern Brazil. It is a wild species with no established garden cultivation, so there is little practical care guidance beyond general needs for its native habitat.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and let the top layer dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, humus-rich soil, similar to moist grassland or forest-edge soil.
Temperature
Mild subtropical conditions; protect from frost, roughly 5–28 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Brazil (Santa Catarina)
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Sisyrinchium albilapidense is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae. It is recorded only from a single location in the state of Santa Catarina, Brazil, where it grows in subtropical mixed forest.

Where it grows

Sisyrinchium albilapidense has been recorded only from its type locality at Pedras Brancas, 10 km southeast of Lages, in Santa Catarina state, Brazil. The surrounding habitat is a mix of grassland, forest and rock outcrops, at an elevation of approximately 900 m. This is a type of vegetation characterized as subtropical mixed forest.

Other Sisyrinchium plants

White blue-eyed grass · Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass · Eastern blue-eyed grass · Western blue-eyed grass · Blue Eyed Grass · Golden blue-eyed grass · Prairie blue-eyed grass · Stiff blue-eyed grass · Wishbone blue-eyed grass · Elmer's blue-eyed grass · Funeral Mountain blue-eyed grass · Greenland blueeyed grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sisyrinchium albilapidense by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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