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Northern blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium septentrionale

Also called Pale Blue Eyed Grass

Northern blue-eyed grass
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Grass, Perennial
Native range
Northwest Territorties to NW. U.S.A.
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

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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).

Sisyrinchium septentrionale is a perennial herb up to 50 cm tall. Flowers are pale blue to light violet-blue, with yellow bases.

Other Sisyrinchium plants

White blue-eyed grass · Sisyrinchium albilapidense · 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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sisyrinchium septentrionale by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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