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Narrow-Leaved Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)

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Date Location Notes Images
June 10, 2012 Southeastern, New Hampshire Last year I found a Blue-Eyed Grass and when I went back out to identify the species, the rain had washed away all of the flowers. There are two important pieces of information to determining the species: 1) the long bract (spathe) below the flower will either be sessile or borne on a flower stem (peduncle). If it is borne on a flower stem, there will usually be 2-5 peduncles per stem; 2) The stems will either have obvious winged margins or barely-discernable wingled margins.

Key:
  • Inflorescences occurring either singly or numbering 2-5 and borne on peduncles.
  • Inflorescences numbering 2-5 and borne on peduncles.
  • Stem 2.3-5 mm wide and broadly-winged.