Sisyrinchium xerophyllum

Greene

Pittonia 4: 32. 1899.

IllustratedEndemic
Synonyms: Sisyrinchium solstitiale E. P. Bicknell
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 360. Mentioned on page 354, 359.

Herbs, perennial, dark to blackish olive when dry, to 5.7 dm, not glaucous; rhizomes slightly elongate. Stems branched, with 2–3 nodes, 2.4–5.7 mm wide, scabrous at least apically, margins denticulate to entire, similar in color and texture to stem body; first internode 15–39 cm, subequal to leaves; distalmost node with 2–3 branches. Leaf blades scabrous, bases becoming fibrous, persisting in tufts. Inflorescences borne singly; spathes green, obviously wider than supporting branch, slightly scabrous, keels entire; outer 14.8–24 mm, 0.5–1.8 mm longer than inner, tapering evenly towards apex, basally connate 3.8–5.6 mm; inner with keel evenly curved to straight, hyaline margins 0.1–0.3 mm wide, apex acute to acuminate, ending 0.3–7.5 mm proximal to green apex. Flowers: tepals pale blue to deep bluish violet, bases yellow; outer tepals 8.1–12.3 mm, apex rounded or emarginate, aristate; filaments connate ± entirely, stipitate-glandular basally; ovary similar in color to foliage. Capsules dark brown to black, ± globose, 3.8–8 mm; pedicel ascending to spreading. Seeds globose to obconic, lacking obvious depression, 1.3–3 mm, rugulose. 2n = 32.


Phenology: Flowering year round.
Habitat: Sandy soil in scrub oak barrens and pinelands
Elevation: 0–100 m

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