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Possible reclamation species in moister pockets in selected sites <ref>Winters, 2002</ref><br>
 
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Solitary bees of the family Megachilidae are mainly responsible for cross-pollination in natural populations. <ref name="Henderson">Henderson, 1976</ref>
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===Landscaping===
 
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Mass-plant to create a showy display in a border or a rock garden <ref>Tenenbaum et al., 1994</ref><br>
 
Mass-plant to create a showy display in a border or a rock garden <ref>Tenenbaum et al., 1994</ref><br>
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===Seed Propagation===
 
===Seed Propagation===
 
Flowers are protandrous, thereby promoting out-crossing and at the same time reducing the chances for self pollination. S. idahoensis is an octoploid species and often exhibits a lag of up to 24 hours between anther maturation and stigma receptivity <ref name="Henderson"/>
 
Flowers are protandrous, thereby promoting out-crossing and at the same time reducing the chances for self pollination. S. idahoensis is an octoploid species and often exhibits a lag of up to 24 hours between anther maturation and stigma receptivity <ref name="Henderson"/>
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====Fruit and Seed Collection and Extraction====
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Collect capsules by hand when ripe into collecting bags. Allow to dry further and then shake bags to extract seeds <ref name="Schultz"> Schultz et al., 2001</ref>
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Cold store at 5º C for up to three years <ref name="Schultz"/>
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Seal seeds in a Ziploc-style bag or a Rubbermaid-style container in equal amounts of seed to perlite or vermiculite, and add just enough water to moisten the mixture. Cold stratify at 5º C for 8 to 12 weeks <ref name="Schultz"/>
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Out-plant in the fall to take advantage of natural moisture or plant in spring and provide supplementary watering. Successfully self-seeds in situ. Can be successfully divided in situ in the spring by simply teasing plants apart and replanting the resulting clumps (R. Bridgeman, pers. comm.).
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Out-plant in the fall to take advantage of natural moisture or plant in spring and provide supplementary watering. Successfully self-seeds in situ. Can be successfully divided in situ in the spring by simply teasing plants apart and replanting the resulting clumps <ref>R. Bridgeman, pers. comm.</ref>
  
 
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[http://www.goert.ca/propagation_guidelines/forbs/sisyrinchium_idahoense Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team]<br>
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University of Michigan Dearborn Native American Ethnobotany Database<br> http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb<br>
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Latest revision as of 16:33, 21 April 2017

Sisyrichium idahoense seed. Photo by Lisa Hintz
  • Scientific Name: Sisyrichium idahoense
  • Family: Iridaceae
  • English Names: Blue-eyed grass, Idaho blue-eyed grass
  • Other Names: Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Taxonomy

  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • (unranked): Angiosperms
  • (unranked): Monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • Family: Iridaceae
  • Subfamily: Iridoideae
  • Tribe: Sisyrinchieae
  • Genus: Sisyrinchium
  • Species: S. idahoense

Description

Showy, tufted perennial to 40 cm tall; stems usually flattened and wing-margined. Leaves mostly basal, long (to 20 cm).and very narrow (< 2 mm broad). Flowers blue to purplish-blue often with a yellow "eye", small (about 2 cm across) and in a terminal cluster of one to five flowers above a pair of sheathing, leaf-like bracts. Fruits egg-shaped capsules to 6 mm long, with black seeds [1]

Bloom Period

May to July

Distribution

Habitat

Moist to wet grassy meadows, vernal seepage areas, marshes, roadside ditches; at low to middle elevations [1]

Uses

Site Rehabilitation

Possible reclamation species in moister pockets in selected sites [2]

Wildlife

Solitary bees of the family Megachilidae are mainly responsible for cross-pollination in natural populations. [3]

Landscaping

Mass-plant to create a showy display in a border or a rock garden [4]

First Nations

Infusion of root given to children for diarrhea; Eaten as cooked greens for “regular bowels”; decoction of roots and stalks taken before morning meal for constipation; compound with plant taken for “summer complaint”; infusion of plant taken for stomach troubles and stomach worms; mixed with other greens and eaten.

Propagation

Seed Propagation

Flowers are protandrous, thereby promoting out-crossing and at the same time reducing the chances for self pollination. S. idahoensis is an octoploid species and often exhibits a lag of up to 24 hours between anther maturation and stigma receptivity [3]

Fruit and Seed Collection and Extraction

Collect capsules by hand when ripe into collecting bags. Allow to dry further and then shake bags to extract seeds [5]

Seed Storage

Cold store at 5º C for up to three years [5]

Fruit/Seed Dormancy and Treatment

Seal seeds in a Ziploc-style bag or a Rubbermaid-style container in equal amounts of seed to perlite or vermiculite, and add just enough water to moisten the mixture. Cold stratify at 5º C for 8 to 12 weeks [5]

Outplanting Characteristics and Requirements

Out-plant in the fall to take advantage of natural moisture or plant in spring and provide supplementary watering. Successfully self-seeds in situ. Can be successfully divided in situ in the spring by simply teasing plants apart and replanting the resulting clumps [6]

Photo Gallery

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pojar and MacKinnon, 1994
  2. ↑ Winters, 2002
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Henderson, 1976
  4. ↑ Tenenbaum et al., 1994
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Schultz et al., 2001
  6. ↑ R. Bridgeman, pers. comm.


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