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Greenland blue-eyed grass

Greenland blue-eyed grass

Greenland blue-eyed grass is a perennial cespitose herb native and endemic to Greenland. It has simple purplish tinged 1-2 mm wide stems and glaborous grass-like leaves and 10-13 mm wide pale blue flowers. It is only known from the areas of Nuup Kangerlua, Ameralik and previously Kangerslussuaq.

 

Main Photo Credit: "Greenland blue-eyed grass (Sisyrhinchium groenlandicum), Sermersooq, Greenland" by Thyflora, 2019. CC BY-NC 2.0.

Description: Wikipedia