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Olsynium
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.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
grasswidow
speciesOlsynium douglasii
Olsynium scirpoideum
speciesOlsynium scirpoideum
Olsynium junceum
speciesOlsynium junceum
streaked maiden
speciesOlsynium biflorum
pale maiden
speciesOlsynium filifolium
Olsynium philippii
speciesOlsynium philippii
Olsynium acaule
speciesOlsynium acaule
Olsynium frigidum
speciesOlsynium frigidum
Olsynium chrysochromum
speciesOlsynium chrysochromum
Olsynium lyckholmii
speciesOlsynium lyckholmii
Olsynium obscurum
speciesOlsynium obscurum
Olsynium porphyreum
speciesOlsynium porphyreum
Olsynium bodenbenderi
speciesOlsynium bodenbenderi
Olsynium skottsbergii
speciesOlsynium skottsbergii
Olsynium nicolae
speciesOlsynium nicolae
Olsynium andinum
speciesOlsynium andinum
Olsynium nigricans
speciesOlsynium nigricans
Olsynium stoloniferum
speciesOlsynium stoloniferum
Olsynium villosum
speciesOlsynium villosum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 72262.