Sisyrinchium pallidum
pale blue-eyed grass
blades glabrous, bases not persistent in fibrous tufts.
borne singly;
spathes green, glabrous, keels entire;
outer 28–38 mm, 7–26 mm longer than inner, basally connate 2.6–4.3 mm, often very slightly constricted proximal to apex;
inner with keels evenly curved, hyaline margins 0.1–0.5 mm wide, apex usually acute, ending 0–1.5 mm proximal to green apex.
tepals pale blue, bases yellow;
outer tepals 7.6–10 mm, apex slightly emarginate or rounded, aristate;
filaments connate ± entirely, stipitate-glandular basally;
ovary similar in color to foliage.
beige to dark brown, globose, 3–5 mm;
pedicel ascending.
globose to obconic, lacking obvious depression, 0.8–1.2 mm, granular or somewhat rugulose.
= 64.
Sisyrinchium pallidum
Of conservation concern.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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