Pale Yellow-eyed-grass - Sisyrinchium striatum
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Species Description
Widespread but scattered throughout the UK. Mainly in the South. Habitat includes: tips, wasteland, roadside verges, banks etc. Growing habit: Perennial. Height: Up to 90 cm. Flowers: May to June. Other names include: Satin Flower.
Sisyrinchium striatum Sm. - Pale Yellow-eyed-grass.
Stems to 75cm, unbranched; leaves ≤20mm wide; tepals pale yellow, 15-18mm; (2n=18). Neophyte-casual; increasingly grown in gardens, persistent (often short-lived) on tips, waste ground, banks and waysides; scattered in South and Central Britain scattered North to Shetland, Jersey, County Waterford, County Wexford; South America.
Key:
- Tepals cream to yellow for most part
- Stem unbranched below inflorescence, with terminal and several lateral cymes; leaves >1cm wide