Sisyrinchium angustifolium -- (Narrowleaf Blue Eyed grass)


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 Scientific Name:  Sisyrinchium angustifolium
 Common Name:  Narrowleaf Blue Eyed grass
 Other Common Names:  Stout Blue Eyed Grass
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Blue
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Soil Type prefered:  Loam, Clay
 Drought Tolerance:  Low
 Flower Conspicuous:  Yes
 Soil Fertility Requirement:  Low
 Moisture Use:  Medium
 Shade Tolerance:  Intermediate
 Active Growth Period:  Spring, Summer
 Anaerobic Tolerance:  Low
 Calcium Carbonate Tolerance:  Low
 Bloom Period:  Mid Spring
 Commercial Availability:  Routinely Available
 Cold Stratification Required:  No
 Fall Conspicuous:  No
 Frost Free Days, Minimum:  180
 Foliage Color:  Green
 Fruit/Seed Abundance:  Low
 Fruit/Seed Period Begin:  Spring
 Fruit/Seed Conspicuous:  No
 Fruit/Seed Period End:  Summer
 Fruit/Seed Color:  Black
 Fruit/Seed Persistence:  No
 Fire Tolerance:  High
 Foliage Texture:  Fine
 Growth Form:  Bunch
 Growth Habit:  Forb/herb
 Growth Rate:  Moderate
 Height, Mature (feet):  2
 Leaf Retention:  No
 Low Growing Grass:  No
 Life Span:  Short
 Max. Planting Density/Acre:  2700
 Min. Planting Density/Acre:  1700
 pH (Maximum):  7
 pH (Minimum):  5
 Precipitation (Minimum):  32
 Resprout Ability:  No
 Root Depth, Min. (inches):  4
 Salt Tolerance:  None
 Shape and Orientation:  Erect
 Small Grain:  No
 Seed per Pound:  757000
 Seed Spread Rate:  Slow
 Seedling Vigor:  Low
 Temperature, Minimum (F):  -3
 Toxicity:  None
 Vegetative Spread Rate:  None
 Propagation:  Bare Root, Bulbs, Seed
 Palpable: (eatable)  Browse Animal (Low), Graze Animal (Low)
 Category:  Monocot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Liliopsida
 Order:  Liliales
 Family:  Iridaceae
 Genus:  Sisyrinchium

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