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Jeweled Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium xerophyllum)

Description

Morphology/Physiology Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Rapid Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color White Flower Conspicuous Yes Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Porous Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Fine Fruit/Seed Color Black Fruit/Seed Conspicuous No Growth Form Rhizomatous Growth Rate Rapid Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) Height, Mature (feet) 5.0 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention No Lifespan Short Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability No Shape and Orientation Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance None CaCO3 Tolerance Low Cold Stratification Required Yes Drought Tolerance Medium Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance High Frost Free Days, Minimum 120 Hedge Tolerance High Moisture Use Low pH, Minimum 5.5 pH, Maximum 7.2 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum Planting Density per Acre, Maximum Precipitation, Minimum 19 Precipitation, Maximum 69 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 6 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Intermediate Temperature, Minimum (-F) 7 Reproduction Bloom Period Summer Commercial Availability Field Collections Only Fruit/Seed Abundance Low Fruit/Seed Period Begin Summer Fruit/Seed Period End Fall Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root No Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container No Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 217333 Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor Low Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate Slow Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Low Palatable Graze Animal Low Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Low Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Iridaceae

              • Genus: Sisyrinchium