PLANTS Profile for Sisyrinchium campestre (prairie blue-eyed grass)

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Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell
prairie blue-eyed grass

Symbol:

SICA9

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Iridaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 544. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell

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Synonyms:
Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell

	SICAK	Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell var. kansanum E.P. Bicknell
	SIFL3	Sisyrinchium flaviflorum E.P. Bicknell
	SIKA2	Sisyrinchium kansanum (E.P. Bicknell) Alexander

Distribution:
Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell


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USA (AR, IA, IL, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WI), CAN (MB)

Related Taxa:
Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell

View 28 genera in Iridaceae, 42 species in Sisyrinchium

Classification:
Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Iridaceae – Iris family
Genus	Sisyrinchium L. – blue-eyed grass
Species	Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell – prairie blue-eyed grass

More Accounts and Images:
Sisyrinchium campestre E.P. Bicknell

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 43254.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/23/2013 12:12 PM CDT