Narrowleaf blueeyed-grass
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Sisyrinchium angustifolium
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Iridaceae
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Landscape Uses:
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Wildflower gardens. |
Ecological Restoration Notes: |
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Availability: |
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Native plant nurseries. Available in in Boynton Beach at Sustainscape (561-245-5305). |
Description: |
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Small herbaceous wildflower. |
Height: |
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About 6-18 inches in height. Taller than broad. |
Growth Rate: |
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Moderate. |
Range: |
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Eastern and central North America west to Texas and south to the Monroe County Keys; Cuba, Mexico. In the Monroe County Keys, disjunct from Miami-Dade County to the pine rocklands of Big Pine Key. |
Habitats: |
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Wet pinelands and prairies. |
Soils: |
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Seasonally wet to moist, moderately well-drained sandy or limestone soils, without humus. |
Nutritional Requirements: |
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Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils. |
Salt Water Tolerance: |
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Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water. |
Salt Wind Tolerance: |
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Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. |
Drought Tolerance: |
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Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought. |
Light Requirements: |
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Full sun. |
Flower Color: |
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Blue. |
Flower Characteristics: |
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Semi-showy. |
Flowering Season: |
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Winter-summer. |
Fruit: |
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Inconspicuous capsule. |
Wildlife and Ecology: |
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Attracts native bees and other beneficial insects. |
Horticultural Notes: |
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Can be grown by division. |
Comments: |
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See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's Flower Friday page. See a 2019 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on pollination in narrowleaf blueeyed-grass. |
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George D. Gann, 2015, with Patty Phares. Base of plant in habitat, Larry and Penny Thompson Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida
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James Johnson, 2014 In habitat, Larry and Penny Thompson Park, Miami-Dade County, Florida
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