Sisyrinchium atlanticum 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, somewhat glaucous, usually drying pale, ± spreading and often forming small tussocks; stem slender and wiry, 0.5–2 mm wide, the smooth-margined wings distinctly narrower than the central portion; lvs 1–3 mm wide; spathes evidently peduncled from the axils of lf-like bracts, the stem tending to be geniculate at the nodes and the spathes likewise often geniculate on the peduncles; 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 8–12 mm, blue-violet; fr 3–5 mm; 2n=16, 32, 96. Fields, meadows, open woods, and edges of salt marshes; N.S. and Me., s. in the coastal states to Fla. and Miss., and locally inland to Mich., Ind., Minn., and Mo. (S. strictum)