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Family: Iridaceae
Mid-Atlantic bloom time: April - June
Stout Blue-eyed Grass is one of several "blue-eyed grasses" in this genus in our area. Key features include the tepals (petals and sepals) are out straight in a single plane, there is a single inflorescence on each stem, and the stems are branched.
It is not a grass despite its common name.
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8 June 2014
 Shenandoah National Park, VA  
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29 May 2015
 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA  
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29 May 2015
 Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve, Haymarket, VA  
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