Nevada Blue-Eyed Grass

(Sisyrinchium halophilum)

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Description

Sisyrinchium halophilum-is-rhizomatous-perennial-herb-takes a clumpy form, producing waxy stems up 26 to 40 centimeters in maximum height. The flat leaves are grasslike. The flower has six-tepals-measuring roughly one centimeter long each. They are pale blue to purple-blue with yellow bases. The tepal tips are often squared or notched or have a tiny point. The fruit is a beige-capsule.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order:Asparagales
Family:Iridaceae
Genus:Sisyrinchium
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