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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Sisyrinchium ensigerum
|accepted_authority=E. P. Bicknell
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=28: 580. 1901
|year=1901
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sisyrinchium amoenum
|authority=E. P. Bicknell
|rank=species
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sisyrinchium colubriferum
|authority=E. P. Bicknell
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Sisyrinchium;Sisyrinchium ensigerum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Iridaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Sisyrinchium]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Sisyrinchium ensigerum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 352, 354
|treatment_page=page 360
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism coloration;whole_organism some measurement;whole_organism pubescence;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial, cespitose, olive green to yellowish bronze when dry, to 3.2 dm, occasionally glaucous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="stem architecture;stem width;stem pubescence;node quantity"><b>Stems </b>branched, with 1–2 nodes, 1.9–4.8 mm wide, glabrous, margins variously serrulate, denticulate, or entire, similar in color and texture to stem body;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;margin shape;internode some measurement;internode height or length or size">first internode 2.6–19 cm, shorter than leaves;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="branch quantity;branch orientation;branch course or shape">distalmost node with 2–3 erect to arcuate branches.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf-blade pubescence;base duration;tuft texture"><b>Leaf-</b>blades glabrous, bases not persistent in fibrous tufts.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>borne singly;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="spathe coloration;spathe width;branch position relational;branch shape;keel position relational;keel shape">spathes green, obviously wider than supporting branch, glabrous, keels entire to denticulate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="outer spathe some measurement;outer spathe some measurement;outer spathe height or length or size;outer spathe some measurement;outer spathe length or size;outer spathe shape;margin fusion;margin some measurement">outer 15–24.5 mm, 1.4 mm shorter to 2.2 mm longer than inner, tapering evenly towards apex, margins basally connate 2.5–4.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="keel course;margin coloration;margin width;apex shape;apex some measurement;apex height or length or size;apex some measurement;apex length or size;apex coloration">inner with keel evenly curved, hyaline margins 0.3–0.6 mm wide, apex broadly acute to obtuse or lobed, 0.8 mm shorter to 0.4 mm longer than green apex.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="tepal coloration;tepal coloration;base coloration"><b>Flowers:</b> tepals blue to light bluish violet, bases yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="outer tepal some measurement;apex shape;apex shape">outer tepals 8–15 mm, apex rounded to occasionally slightly emarginate, aristate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament fusion;filament pubescence">filaments connate ± entirely, stipitate-glandular basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="">ovary similar in color to foliage.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="capsule coloration;capsule shape;capsule some measurement"><b>Capsules </b>light to dark-brown, obovoid to ± globose, 3.8–5.3 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pedicel orientation">pedicel erect to spreading.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="depression prominence"><b>Seeds </b>globose to obconic, with slight depression on one side, 1–1.5 mm, rugulose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="seed shape;seed some measurement;seed relief;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Sandy roadsides, meadows, prairies
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Kans.;Okla.;Tex.;ne Mexico
|tables=
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name=Sisyrinchium ensigerum
|authority=E. P. Bicknell
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sisyrinchium amoenum;Sisyrinchium colubriferum
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Sandy roadsides, meadows, prairies
|elevation=0–300 m
|distribution=Kans.;Okla.;Tex.;ne Mexico
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1901
|special status=
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|genus=Sisyrinchium
|species=Sisyrinchium ensigerum
|2n chromosome quantity=32
|apex coloration=green
|apex height or length or size=shorter
|apex length or size=longer
|apex shape=aristate;rounded;occasionally slightly emarginate
|apex some measurement=0mm;0.4mm
|base coloration=yellow
|base duration=not persistent
|branch course or shape=arcuate
|branch orientation=erect
|branch position relational=supporting
|branch quantity=2;3
|branch shape=entire;denticulate
|capsule coloration=light;dark-brown
|capsule shape=obovoid;more or less globose
|capsule some measurement=3.8mm;5.3mm
|depression prominence=slight
|filament fusion=connate
|filament pubescence=stipitate-glandular
|inflorescence arrangement=singly
|internode height or length or size=shorter
|internode some measurement=2.6cm;19cm
|keel course=curved
|keel position relational=supporting
|keel shape=entire;denticulate
|leaf-blade pubescence=glabrous
|margin coloration=hyaline
|margin fusion=connate
|margin shape=entire;denticulate;entire;denticulate;serrulate
|margin some measurement=2.5mm;4.5mm
|margin width=0.3mm;0.6mm
|node quantity=1;2
|outer spathe height or length or size=shorter
|outer spathe length or size=longer
|outer spathe shape=tapering
|outer spathe some measurement=0mm;2.2mm
|outer tepal some measurement=8mm;15mm
|pedicel orientation=erect;spreading
|seed relief=rugulose
|seed shape=globose;obconic
|seed some measurement=1mm;1.5mm
|spathe coloration=green
|spathe width=obviously wider
|stem architecture=branched
|stem pubescence=glabrous
|stem width=1.9mm;4.8mm
|tepal coloration=violet;blue;light bluish
|tuft texture=fibrous
|whole_organism coloration=olive green;yellowish bronze
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb;cespitose
|whole_organism pubescence=glaucous
|whole_organism some measurement=0dm;3.2dm
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