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Latest revision as of 11:56, 15 July 2022

Sisyrinchium nashii
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Photo by John R. Gwaltney, Southeastern Flora.com
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Order: Liliales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Sisyrinchium
Species: S. nashii
Binomial name
Sisyrinchium nashii
E.P. Bicknell
Sisy nash dist.jpg
Natural range of Sisyrinchium nashii from USDA NRCS Plants Database.

Common name: Nash's blue-eyed grass

Taxonomic notes

Synonym: Sisyrinchium fibrosum E.P. Bicknell

Description

A description of Sisyrinchium nashii is provided in The Flora of North America.

Distribution

Sisyrinchium nashii exists throughout the southeastern coastal plain, but is found primarily in peninsular Florida with disjunct populations in the Bahamas.[1]

Ecology

Habitat

In the Coastal Plain in Florida and Georgia, S. nashii occurs in limestone glades, longleaf pine/scrub oak communities, longleaf pine/wiregrass flats, slashpine woodlands bordering a tidal marsh, Cyrilla-Cliftonia thickets, and xeric oak/saw palmetto scrubs. Soil types include loamy sand, sand, and sandy loam.[2]

Associated species include Sarracenia minor, Calopogon, Schoenus nigricans, Sporobolus vaginiflorus, Dichanthelium commutatum, Polygala boykinii, and Echinacea purpurea.[2]

Phenology

Sisyrinchium nashii flowers March through April[3] and fruits April through May.[2]

Fire ecology

S. nashii has been observed growing in frequently burned longleaf pine/wiregrass communities.[2] Populations have been known to persist through repeated annual burning.[4]

Pollination

Sisyrinchium nashii was observed at the Archbold Biological Station to host sweat bees such as Lasioglossum coreopsis (family Halictidae).[5]

Conservation, cultivation, and restoration

Cultural use

Historically, this species was used by the Miccosukee Indians as an analgesic and for moving sickness.[6]

Photo Gallery

References and notes

  1. Sorrie, B. A. and A. S. Weakley 2001. Coastal Plain valcular plant endemics: Phytogeographic patterns. Castanea 66: 50-82.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Florida State University Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium database. URL: http://herbarium.bio.fsu.edu. Last accessed: November 2015. Collectors: Loran C. Anderson, Wilson Baker, M. Davis, Angus Gholson Jr., Robert K. Godfrey, Ann F. Johnson, R. Komarek, Cecil R. Slaughter, Bian Tan. States and Counties: Florida: Bay, Columbia, Duval, Franklin, Gadsden, Jackson, Leon, Liberty, Nassau, Osceola, Pasco, Wakulla. Georgia: Baker, Grady, Thomas. Compiled by Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy.
  3. Nelson, G. PanFlora: Plant data for the eastern United States with emphasis on the Southeastern Coastal Plains, Florida, and the Florida Panhandle. www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ Accessed: 19 MAY 2021
  4. Platt, W.J., R. Carter, G. Nelson, W. Baker, S. Hermann, J. Kane, L. Anderson, M. Smith, K. Robertson. 2021. Unpublished species list of Wade Tract old-growth longleaf pine savanna, Thomasville, Georgia.
  5. Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
  6. [[https://books.google.com/books?id=7qgPCEiI4WMC&pg=PA626&lpg=PA626&dq=Sisyrinchium+nashii&source=bl&ots=uDj07y0vSO&sig=GdSsONWAbLyGpeGgpp3Fu1xjnWE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiI2vbnwMXLAhUCWj4KHW54Dv04ChDoAQhMMAk#v=onepage&q=Sisyrinchium%20nashii&f=false}}