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Dotted blue-eyed Grass
Stanley Jones

Dotted blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium pruinosum)

Dotted blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium pruinosum: Iridaceae) This small perennial herb has showy flowers that are ca. 3 cm (1.2 in) across which grow to heights of 9-30 cm (3.5-11.8 in) tall, usually somewhere in between the extremes. Photographed at Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Bottomland hardwoods dominated by cedar elm and water oak with some water hickory at ca. 96 m (315 ft) elevation.
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Habitat
Bottomland hardwoods dominated by cedar elm and water oak with some water hickory at ca. 96 m (315 ft) elevation.
Location
Lick Creek Park, College Station, Brazos County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
April 2013
Scientific name
Sisyrinchium pruinosum
Equipment used
Canon EOS 7D with a Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 USM macro lens, ISO 100, shutter speed 1/250 with built in flash, f/13.
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Gosh Stanley one lovely photograph! It looks like I made a mistake on my last submission, they were Black-fronted Dotterels not Banded.
Rookery.
 

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Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
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