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|accepted_name=Sisyrinchium funereum
|accepted_authority=E. P. Bicknell
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=31: 387. 1904
|year=1904
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Sisyrinchium;Sisyrinchium funereum
|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 funereum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 354
|treatment_page=page 362
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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, green to ashy olive when dry, to 7.6 dm, strongly glaucous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root size or width">roots somewhat fleshy-thickened.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem width;stem pubescence;node quantity;margin pubescence or texture"><b>Stems </b>branched, with 1 node, 1–4 mm wide, glabrous, margins white-cartilaginous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="internode some measurement;internode length or size;branch quantity">internode 16–65 cm, longer than leaves, with 2–3 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;spathe pubescence;branch position relational;keel architecture or shape">spathes green, obviously wider than supporting branch, glabrous, keels entire;</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 13.5–24 mm, 3 mm shorter to 1 mm longer than inner, tapering evenly towards apex, margins basally connate 5–6.5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="keel course;margin coloration;margin width;lobe quantity;lobe shape;lobe architecture or relief;apex coloration">inner with keel evenly curved to straight, hyaline margins 0.6–1.1 mm wide, apex extending as 2 broadly rounded and erose lobes, ending at or slightly beyond green apex.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="tepal coloration;tepal coloration;base coloration"><b>Flowers:</b> tepals pale 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 9–15 mm, apex truncate to occasionally rounded, aristate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="filament fusion;filament pubescence">filaments connate ± entirely, glabrous;</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>beige, globose, 5–6 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pedicel orientation">pedicel erect to ascending.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>globose to obconic, lacking obvious depression, 1.1–1.5 mm, slightly granular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="depression quantity;depression prominence;depression some measurement;depression pubescence or relief or texture;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early spring.
|habitat=Moist, grassy areas along streams and springs where soil strongly alkaline
|elevation=0–800 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p><!--
--><p>Sisyrinchium funereum is endemic to the Death Valley-Ash Meadows region.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sisyrinchium funereum
|authority=E. P. Bicknell
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering early spring.
|habitat=Moist, grassy areas along streams and springs where soil strongly alkaline
|elevation=0–800 m
|distribution=Calif.;Nev.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1904
|special status=Endemic;Conservation concern
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_734.xml
|genus=Sisyrinchium
|species=Sisyrinchium funereum
|2n chromosome quantity=32
|apex coloration=green
|apex shape=aristate;truncate;occasionally rounded
|base coloration=yellow
|base duration=not persistent
|branch position relational=supporting
|branch quantity=2;3
|capsule coloration=beige
|capsule shape=globose
|capsule some measurement=5mm;6mm
|depression prominence=obvious
|depression pubescence or relief or texture=granular
|depression quantity=lacking
|depression some measurement=1.1mm;1.5mm
|filament fusion=connate
|filament pubescence=glabrous
|inflorescence arrangement=singly
|internode length or size=longer
|internode some measurement=16cm;65cm
|keel architecture or shape=entire
|keel course=evenly curved;straight
|leaf-blade pubescence=glabrous
|lobe architecture or relief=erose
|lobe quantity=2
|lobe shape=rounded
|margin coloration=hyaline
|margin fusion=connate
|margin pubescence or texture=white-cartilaginous
|margin some measurement=5mm;6.5mm
|margin width=0.6mm;1.1mm
|node quantity=1
|outer spathe height or length or size=shorter
|outer spathe length or size=longer
|outer spathe shape=tapering
|outer spathe some measurement=0mm;1mm
|outer tepal some measurement=9mm;15mm
|pedicel orientation=erect;ascending
|root size or width=fleshy-thickened
|seed shape=globose;obconic
|spathe coloration=green
|spathe pubescence=glabrous
|spathe width=obviously wider
|stem architecture=branched
|stem pubescence=glabrous
|stem width=1mm;4mm
|tepal coloration=violet;pale blue;light bluish
|tuft texture=fibrous
|whole_organism coloration=green;ashy olive
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb;cespitose
|whole_organism pubescence=glaucous
|whole_organism some measurement=0dm;7.6dm
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