Sisyrinchium "yellow"

Details

Name scientific

Sisyrinchium "yellow"

Preferred name

Sisyrinchium micranthum Cav.

Nomenclature

Nomenclatural status

informal name

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Sisyrinchium "yellow"

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Sisyrinchium

Species

"yellow"

Descriptions

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. 1980: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. III. Adventive Cyperaceous, Petalous and Spathaceous Monocotyledons. Government Printer, Wellington.

Sisyrinchium "yellow"

Description

Tufted grass-like annual. Stems 10-15- (20) cm × ± 1 mm, simple, or jointed and branched. Leaves < stems, 1-2 mm wide. Flowers c. 7.5 mm long, ± 6 mm diam., up to 8 in clusters within ± equal spathe-valves, yellowish-cream to yellow, internally with a reddish-purple band forming a 6-pointed star, externally with median purplish stripe above, pubescent below; lobes oblong-acuminate. Capsule c. 3 × 3 mm, glabrous, ± flattened, grey-green, becoming reddish. Seeds black, c. 0.7 mm long.

Taxonomic concepts

Name

Cited name

Reference

Preferred name

Parent name

Sisyrinchium "yellow"

Sisyrinchium "yellow"

Healy, A. J.; Edgar, E. (1980)

Metadata

Record id

4aaef53e-6d5b-402b-b68c-d86784c5234b

Record class

scientific name

Record source

Names_Plants

Date added

1 January 2000

Date last updated

10 November 2025

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