Re: ? What species is this water iris?

Hello All,

I went to help out at the Missouri Botanical Garden today and while I was
there I asked one of the horticulturalists about Donald's mystery plant.  He
looked at it and said it was one of the Sisyrinchium, common name being
blue-eyed grass.  Which is still a Iridaceae.  Sisyrinchium has about 75
recoginized species according to Hortus III.  Donald said they had many
green flowers; the three species that I could find that had greenish flowers
were: bernudiana - green w/white edge; californicum - dull green and
striatum - greenish yellow.  This plant grows something like crabgrass, not
in frequency but in method.  Donald, you were right it is a pink rizome and
not a stoloniferous root after all.

I hope this helps you narrow down your search.



Craig Hughes
chughes@inlink.com
St. Louis, MO.
Zone 5
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