Swordleaf Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium chilense)
Description
Stems 20-30cm, sometimes to 45cm tall, flattened and narrowly winged. Leaves 10-30cm long and 2-4mm wide with prominent veining. Spathes usually two. Flowers about 2cm across, creamy ivory with a yellow throat, bearing brownish-purple veins, summer. Chile and Argentina in the central and southern provinces in grassland at 50-1000m. Sometimes confused with other species and mistakenly recorded purple to blue-flowered.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Liliopsida
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Order: Asparagales
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Family: Iridaceae
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Genus: Sisyrinchium
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