Kingdom Plantae Subfamily Iridoideae Scientific name Olsynium Rank Genus | Family Iridaceae Tribe Sisyrinchieae Higher classification Iridaceae Order Asparagales | |
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Similar Olsynium douglasii, Iridaceae, Solenomelus, Olsynium junceum, Calydorea | ||
Olsynium garden plants
Olsynium (huilmo in Chile; formerly part of Sisyrinchium) is a genus of summer-dormant rhizomatous perennials in the iris family, native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America.
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Description
Height is 10–40 centimetres (4–16 in) tall. Leaves are linear, 4–30 centimetres (1.6–11.8 in) long and 1–3 millimetres (0.04–0.12 in) broad.
Flowers are bell-shaped, with six white, pink, or lilac tepals, and bloom from late winter to spring.
Etymology
The genus name is derived from the Greek words ol, meaning "a little", and syn-, meaning "joined", referring to the stamens.
- Olsynium acaule (Klatt) Goldblatt - Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina
- Olsynium andinum (Phil.) Ravenna - central Chile, Neuquén Province in Argentina
- Olsynium biflorum (Thunb.) Goldblatt - Santa Cruz + Tierra del Fuego Provinces in southern Argentina
- Olsynium bodenbenderi (Kurtz) Goldblatt - Mendoza Province in Argentina
- Olsynium chrysochromum J.M.Watson & A.R.Flores - central Chile
- Olsynium douglasii (A.Dietr.) E.P.Bicknell - British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, extreme northern California, Idaho, northern Nevada, northwestern Utah
- Olsynium filifolium (Gaudich.) Goldblatt - southern Argentina, Falkland Islands
- Olsynium junceum (E.Mey. ex C.Presl) Goldblatt - Bolivia, Argentina, Chile
- Olsynium lyckholmii (Dusén) Goldblatt - central Chile, southern Argentina
- Olsynium nigricans (Phil.) R.A.Rodr. & Martic. - Maule Province in Chile
- Olsynium obscurum (Cav.) Goldblatt - southern Chile, Tierra del Fuego Province in Argentina
- Olsynium philippii (Klatt) Goldblatt - central Chile
- Olsynium porphyreum (Kraenzl.) Ravenna - Peru
- Olsynium scirpoideum (Poepp.) Goldblatt - central + northern Chile, Rio Negro Province in Argentina
- Olsynium stoloniferum Ravenna - O'Higgins Province in Chile
- Olsynium trinerve (Baker) R.A.Rodr. & Martic. - Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile
- Olsynium villosum Ravenna - Santiago Province in Chile
References
Olsynium Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA