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|accepted_name=Sisyrinchium pallidum
|accepted_authority=Cholewa & Douglass M. Henderson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Brittonia
|place=36: 361, fig. 7E–G. 1984
|year=1984
}}
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=C
|label=Conservation concern
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Sisyrinchium;Sisyrinchium pallidum
|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 pallidum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 355, 365
|treatment_page=page 367
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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 olive when dry, to 3 dm, not glaucous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome prominence">rhizomes scarcely discernable.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="stem architecture;stem width;stem pubescence;margin architecture or shape"><b>Stems </b>simple, 1–2 mm wide, glabrous, margins entire, similar in color and texture to stem body.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" 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_s4" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement"><b>Inflorescences </b>borne singly;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="spathe coloration;spathe pubescence;keel architecture or shape">spathes green, glabrous, keels entire;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="outer spathe some measurement;outer spathe some measurement;outer spathe length or size;outer spathe fusion;outer spathe some measurement;outer spathe size;outer spathe position">outer 28–38 mm, 7–26 mm longer than inner, basally connate 2.6–4.3 mm, often very slightly constricted proximal to apex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="keel course;margin coloration;margin width;apex shape;apex position;apex coloration">inner with keels evenly curved, hyaline margins 0.1–0.5 mm wide, apex usually acute, ending 0–1.5 mm proximal to green apex.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="tepal coloration;base coloration"><b>Flowers:</b> tepals pale blue, bases yellow;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="outer tepal some measurement;apex shape;apex shape;apex shape">outer tepals 7.6–10 mm, apex slightly emarginate or rounded, aristate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="filament fusion;filament pubescence">filaments connate ± entirely, stipitate-glandular basally;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="">ovary similar in color to foliage.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="capsule coloration;capsule shape;capsule some measurement"><b>Capsules </b>beige to dark-brown, globose, 3–5 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pedicel orientation">pedicel ascending.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="seed shape"><b>Seeds </b>globose to obconic, lacking obvious depression, 0.8–1.2 mm, granular or somewhat rugulose.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="depression quantity;depression prominence;depression some measurement;depression pubescence or relief or texture;depression relief;2n chromosome quantity">2n = 64.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering mid summer.
|habitat=Poorly drained, montane meadows
|elevation=2600–3000 m
|distribution=Colo.;Wyo.
|discussion=<p>Of conservation concern.</p>
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|references=
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sisyrinchium pallidum
|authority=Cholewa & Douglass M. Henderson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering mid summer.
|habitat=Poorly drained, montane meadows
|elevation=2600–3000 m
|distribution=Colo.;Wyo.
|reference=None
|publication title=Brittonia
|publication year=1984
|special status=Illustrated;Endemic;Conservation concern
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|genus=Sisyrinchium
|species=Sisyrinchium pallidum
|2n chromosome quantity=64
|apex coloration=green
|apex position=proximal
|apex shape=aristate;rounded;emarginate;acute
|base coloration=yellow
|base duration=not persistent
|capsule coloration=beige;dark-brown
|capsule shape=globose
|capsule some measurement=3mm;5mm
|depression prominence=obvious
|depression pubescence or relief or texture=granular
|depression quantity=lacking
|depression relief=rugulose
|depression some measurement=0.8mm;1.2mm
|filament fusion=connate
|filament pubescence=stipitate-glandular
|inflorescence arrangement=singly
|keel architecture or shape=entire
|keel course=curved
|leaf-blade pubescence=glabrous
|margin architecture or shape=entire
|margin coloration=hyaline
|margin width=0.1mm;0.5mm
|outer spathe fusion=connate
|outer spathe length or size=longer
|outer spathe position=proximal
|outer spathe size=constricted
|outer spathe some measurement=2.6mm;4.3mm
|outer tepal some measurement=7.6mm;10mm
|pedicel orientation=ascending
|rhizome prominence=discernable
|seed shape=globose;obconic
|spathe coloration=green
|spathe pubescence=glabrous
|stem architecture=simple
|stem pubescence=glabrous
|stem width=1mm;2mm
|tepal coloration=pale blue
|tuft texture=fibrous
|whole_organism coloration=green;olive
|whole_organism duration=perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb;cespitose
|whole_organism pubescence=not glaucous
|whole_organism some measurement=0dm;3dm
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