Sisyrinchium cernuum
Leafl. W. Bot. 5: 197. 1949.
Herbs, annual, cespitose, medium olive when dry, to 2 dm, not glaucous. Stems simple, 0.5–2 mm wide, glabrous, margins entire to denticulate apically, similar in color and texture to stem body. Leaf-blades glabrous, bases not persistent in fibrous tufts. Inflorescences borne singly; spathes green, glabrous, keels entire; outer 14–41 mm, 5–12 mm longer than inner, tapering evenly towards apex, margins basally connate 3.3–5 mm; inner with keel evenly curved to straight, hyaline margins 0.1–0.5 mm wide, apex acute to rounded, ending 0–1.1 mm proximal to green apex. Flowers: tepals yellow to orange, usually with brownish veins; outer tepals 2.6–5 mm, apex acute to rounded; filaments connate basally, glabrous; ovary similar in color to foliage. Capsules light to dark-brown, globose, 3–8 mm; pedicel recurved. Seeds hemispherical, with deep depression on flattened side, 0.9–1.1 mm, rugulose.
Phenology: Flowering early spring–late summer.
Habitat: Moist areas, meadows, stream banks, woods
Elevation: 1000–2400 m
Distribution
Ariz., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Durango)
Discussion
Selected References
None.