Flora of the Southeastern United States

Sisyrinchium nashii E.P. Bicknell. Common name: Nash's Blue-eyed-grass. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Dryish woodlands and forests, longleaf pine sandhills, pine rocklands, scrubby flatwoods. Distribution: NC and TN (and sw. VA?) south to s. FL and MS.

ID notes: Sisyrinchium nashii appears nearly identical to S. angustifolium in the field because they have broad, branching stems. Nash’s Blue-Eyed-Grass has old leaf bases persisting as a tuft of bristle-like fibers at the plant base, whereas S. angustifolium lacks them. Poorly collected (“top-snatched”) samples of S. nashii may lack bristles, but its foliage typically dry light olive green, and its fruit dries tan to beige. Sisyrinchium angustifolium turns dark olive-green to bronze, and its capsules dark brown to black when dried. These two species also grow in different habitats; Sisyrinchium nashii grows in drier upland soils, whereas S. angustifolium typically grows in low, moist ground." (Spaulding et al. 2023).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA26, K4, Tn, W; = n/a — C; < Sisyrinchium arenicola E.P.Bicknell — RAB; > Sisyrinchium fibrosum E.P.Bicknell — S, S13; > Sisyrinchium floridanum E.P.Bicknell — S13; < Sisyrinchium nashii E.P.Bicknell — WH3; > Sisyrinchium nashii E.P.Bicknell — S13; Sisyrinchium nashii E.P.Bicknell. Basionym: Sisyrinchium nashii E.P.Bicknell 1899

Links to other floras: = Sisyrinchium nashii - FNA26

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8