Sisyrinchium fuscatum E.P.Bicknell
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Iridaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Light green, but blackening in drying, ± erect, 1–5 dm; old lf- bases persistent as prominent tufts of light brown, fragile fibers often several cm long; stem only narrowly winged, minutely denticulate along the margins, usually not geniculate at the nodes; lvs 1–3.5 mm wide, spathes evidently peduncled from the axils of lf-like bracts, generally not geniculate; outer bract of the spathe mostly 1.5–2 cm, its margins connate for 2.5–4 mm at base; inner bract not much shorter than the outer; tep 5–8 mm, violet; fr 3–5 mm; 2n=32. Sandy areas, mainly near the coast, from Mass. to Fla. and Miss., and irregularly inland to Mich. and Mo. (S. arenicola; S. farwellii)