| Other Names | Small-flowered blue-eyed grass, Fairy stars | ||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Sisyrinchium exile | ||||||||||||
| Family Name | Iris ( Iridaceae ) | ||||||||||||
| 6 tepals
Grass-like plant. Flower: Six small similarly shaped yellow tepals. Fflowers solitary or in small umbel-like cluster. Three stamens (lillies have 6) and inferior ovary. Leaves: Blades equitant (2 ranked, folded around a stem like of legs of horse-rider) . 80 species in this genius - ID may be difficult as hydridization is not uncommon. Not Blue Eyed and Not a Grass! | |||||||||||||
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Reference: John and Gloria Tveten Wildflowers of Houston & Southeast Texas p. 155 | |||||||||||||
April - May
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