Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michaux. Common name: Needle-tip Blue-eyed-grass. Phenology: Apr-Jun; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Forests, woodlands, fields. Distribution: ME west to SK, south to SC, GA, TN, MI, and MN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Can, F, FNA26, G, GW1, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Pa, S, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV; = Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx. var. mucronatum — RAB; > Sisyrinchium intermedium E.P.Bicknell — S13; > Sisyrinchium mucronatum Michx. — S13; > Sisyrinchium versicolor E.P.Bicknell — S13
Links to other floras: = Sisyrinchium mucronatum - FNA26
Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC
- Great Plains: FAC
- Midwest: FACW
- Northcentral & Northeast: FAC
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: An erect, tufted perennial with grass-like leaves found in dry forests, dry rocky woodlands, clearings and fields.
Stems: Stems slender and wiry, scarcely winged as in other Sisyrinchiums, unbranched and smooth.
Leaves: Leaves mostly basal, overlapping, extremely narrow-linear and grass-like, 4-8 in. long.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers 2-4 in single small cluster at top of scape, the flowers overtopped by a short, erect, sharp-tipped bract; blue or violet; 1/2-3/4 in. wide; consisting of 6 spreading tepals with rounded tips and bearing a tiny tooth-like extension. Yellow markings at the base of each tepal create a yellow center in the blue "star."
Fruits: Fruit a round capsule.
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Height: 4-16 in.
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description: An erect, tufted perennial with grass-like leaves found in dry forests, dry rocky woodlands, clearings and fields.
stems: Stems slender and wiry, scarcely winged as in other Sisyrinchiums, unbranched and smooth.
leaves: Leaves mostly basal, overlapping, extremely narrow-linear and grass-like, 4-8 in. long.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers 2-4 in single small cluster at top of scape, the flowers overtopped by a short, erect, sharp-tipped bract; blue or violet; 1/2-3/4 in. wide; consisting of 6 spreading tepals with rounded tips and bearing a tiny tooth-like extension. Yellow markings at the base of each tepal create a yellow center in the blue "star."
fruits: Fruit a round capsule.
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