Sisyrinchium idahoense var. occidentale

(E. P. Bicknell) Douglass M. Henderson

Brittonia 28: 174. 1976.

IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Sisyrinchium occidentale E. P. Bicknell Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 447. 1899
Synonyms: Sisyrinchium juncellum Greene
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 370. Mentioned on page 369.

Stems 1.5–2 mm wide, margins entire. Spathes: keels entire, outer less than 2 times inner, basally connate 3–6 mm; inner 12–20 mm. Outer tepals 8–13 mm; filaments bluish violet. 2n = 64.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Moist meadows, stream banks, edges of springs
Elevation: 400–3100 m

Distribution

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Ariz., Calif., Colo., Idaho, Mont., Nev., N.Mex., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
dehiscing +  and latrorse +
emarginate +  and truncate +
undifferentiated +
aristate +, rounded +, acuminate +  and acute +
Anita F. Cholewa +  and Douglass M. Henderson† +
(E. P. Bicknell) Douglass M. Henderson +
not persistent +
Sisyrinchium occidentale +
parallel-veined +
ensiform +  and plane +
flattened +, divided +  and filiform +
expanded +
purple blotches;beige;light or dark-brown +
less globose +  and pyriform +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
monochasial +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.18 cm1.8 mm <br />0.0018 m <br />) +
Ariz. +, Calif. +, Colo. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
400–3100 m +
bluish violet +
stipitate-glandular +
actinomorphic +
not fragrant +
winged +, branched +  and simple +
angled +, compressed +  and terete +
indehiscent +  and loculicidal +
smooth;roughened +
globose +
woody;firm;cartilaginous +
Moist meadows, stream banks, edges of springs +
1-11(-15)-flowered +  and rhipidiate +
evenly curved;straight +
entire +  and denticulate +
0-2 times inner basally connate 3-6 mm +
equitant +  and alternate +
cauline +  and basal +
entire +  and denticulate +
0.1mm;0.5mm +
5.5 cm55 mm <br />0.055 m <br /> (6.5 cm65 mm <br />0.065 m <br />) +
0.26 cm2.6 mm <br />0.0026 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
erect;ascending +
petaloid +, zygomorphic +  and actinomorphic +
Flowering summer. +
granular +  and rugulose +
globose;obconic +
smooth to scabrous +
unequal +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
monochasial +
winged +  and simple +
compressed +
1.5mm;2mm +
filiform +
not broad +
Sisyrinchium juncellum +
Sisyrinchium idahoense var. occidentale +
Sisyrinchium idahoense +
variety +
light +  and deep bluish violet or occasionally purple +
distinct +
widely spreading +  and reflexed +
not clawed +
subequal +
not +  and rhizomatous +
herb +  and cespitose +
unequal +