Plants › iris family
Sword-leaf Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium ensigerum
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
swordleaf blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium chilense
Roadside Blue-eyed GrassSisyrinchium pruinosum
narrow-leaved blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium angustifolium
western blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium bellum
strict blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium montanum
Prairie PleatleafNemastylis geminiflora
white blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium albidum
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 539 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 491 |
| Oklahoma | 46 |
| New Mexico | 1 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | monocots · Liliopsida |
| Order | Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies · Asparagales |
| Family | iris family · Iridaceae |
| Genus | blue-eyed grasses · Sisyrinchium |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Sword-leaf Blue-eyed Grass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.