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Status

Common

About

A slender wildflower of California and Oregon meadows, despite its grass-like leaves it is actually a member of the iris family. Its violet-blue, star-shaped flowers open only in sunshine and each bloom lasts just a single day.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   seed

   A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
2. 2.
   sprout

   A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
3. 3.
   sapling

   A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
4. 4.
   mature

   Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Iridaceae

Genus

Sisyrinchium

Species

Sisyrinchium bellum