View source for Sisyrinchium minus

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|accepted_name=Sisyrinchium minus
|accepted_authority=Engelmann & A. Gray
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|place=5: 263. 1845
|year=1845
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Sisyrinchium filiforme
|authority=Rafinesque
|publication_title=
|publication_place=1833
}} {{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Sisyrinchium flexuosum
|authority=Rafinesque
|publication_title=
|publication_place=1840
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sisyrinchium bermudianum var. minus
|authority=(Engelmann & A. Gray) Klatt
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sisyrinchium thurowii
|authority=J. M. Coulter & Fisher
}}
|hierarchy=Iridaceae;Sisyrinchium;Sisyrinchium minus
|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 minus]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 352, 353, 357
|treatment_page=page 358
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> annual, occasionally cespitose, olive green or darker when dry, to 2.6 dm, not glaucous. <b>Stems</b> branched, with 3–6 nodes, 0.5–2.1 mm wide, glabrous, margins entire, similar in color and texture to stem body; first internode 1–4 cm, shorter than leaves; distalmost node with 1–2 branches. <b>Leaf</b> blades glabrous, bases not persistent in fibrous tufts. <b>Inflorescences</b> borne singly; spathes green, wider than supporting branch, glabrous, keels denticulate; outer 10.6–31 mm, 6–11 mm longer than inner, constricted proximal to apex, margins basally connate 2.7–4.7 mm; inner with keel evenly curved to straight, hyaline margins 0.2–0.5 mm wide, apex acute, ending 1.1–5.4 mm proximal to green apex. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth flaring distally, campanulate basally; tepals lavender-pink to rosy purple, magenta, or white, very rarely yellow or bluish, bases yellow; outer tepals 5–6.3 mm, apex rounded to acute or slightly emarginate, aristate; filaments connate ± entirely, tapering evenly, basally stipitate-glandular 0.8–1.2 mm; ovary similar in color to foliage. <b>Capsules</b> light brown, turbinate to broadly fusiform, 3.8–5.6 mm; pedicel recurved to pendent. <b>Seeds</b> ± globose, with slight depression on one side, 0.5–0.8 mm, rugulose. <b>2n</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Moist, sandy areas in prairies and meadows
|elevation=0–70 m
|distribution=La.;Miss.;Tex.;n Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Morphologically <i>Sisyrinchium minus</i> appears closely related to and may even be conspecific with S. tinctorium of Mexico, but further study is needed for resolution.</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Sisyrinchium minus
|author=
|authority=Engelmann & A. Gray
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sisyrinchium bermudianum var. minus;Sisyrinchium thurowii
|basionyms=Sisyrinchium filiforme;Sisyrinchium flexuosum
|family=Iridaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Moist, sandy areas in prairies and meadows
|elevation=0–70 m
|distribution=La.;Miss.;Tex.;n Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Boston J. Nat. Hist.
|publication year=1845
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_723.xml
|genus=Sisyrinchium
|species=Sisyrinchium minus
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