. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. LARGE-FLOWERED BLUE-EYEH GRASS. PI,ATE 140. SISYRINCHIUM GRANDIFLORUM. (IRIS FAMILY. IVtcHnial, guile smiM,h : foots clustcted, fihtous. rtetlty : stems /tatteneit. wiHgeit, longer than the Icates basal lett^es shall, m, yibtanac-otis. upper, long, iinear. grass-like: Jlotters on slender pedicels, in art umbellate tlHsler fiom a sp,ithe 0/two leatvs, peitanlh seghients sir, ovjleotsloitfi, hlne-purple. .\NY plauts of '.'rn North America are represented by corresponding sjiecies in the
. Wild flowers of Canada [microform]. Wild flowers; Flowers; Botany; Fleurs sauvages; Fleurs; Botanique. LARGE-FLOWERED BLUE-EYEH GRASS. PI,ATE 140. SISYRINCHIUM GRANDIFLORUM. (IRIS FAMILY. IVtcHnial, guile smiM,h : foots clustcted, fihtous. rtetlty : stems /tatteneit. wiHgeit, longer than the Icates basal lett^es shall, m, yibtanac-otis. upper, long, iinear. grass-like: Jlotters on slender pedicels, in art umbellate tlHsler fiom a sp,ithe 0/two leatvs, peitanlh seghients sir, ovjleotsloitfi, hlne-purple. .\NY plauts of '.'rn North America are represented by corresponding sjiecies in the western part of the continent, often without any related forms being found in the region Iietween. Thus the Hox IJlder, Button-wood, Spikenard, Sweet Shrub and scores of herbs, shrubs and trees have their counterparts on the Pacific Coast. So the pretty little Blue-eyed ('.r.\ss of meadows and fields eastward, is replaced in the country that slopes to the great ocean by showier .Sisyrinehinms, with larger flowi. Of thene, grandidorum is |)erchance the finest. It is an elegant plant, with its amethystine flowers in a severely simple setting of narrow, grass like leaves. It is one of the jilants Thoreau would call "all ; The foliage counts for nothing. It is lost in the grass amid which the Sisyrinchium grows. This Blue eyed (^.rass is rather a low plant, the stems not exceeding o.;e foot in height. Its flowers, usually rose purple in color, are occasiona.'/ jmre while. Our eastern blue-flowered siKcies sonvetimes produces white blossoms. Sisyrinchium grandiflorum is native in British Columbia and thence southward to Northern California, and in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Iles, George, 1852-1942. Montreal : Montreal Star
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