| Olsynium | |
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| Olysnium douglasii var.douglasii inAnacortes Community Forest Lands | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Sisyrinchieae |
| Genus: | Olsynium Raf. |
| Type species | |
| Olsynium grandiflorum (Douglas ex Lindley) Rafinesque | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Olsynium is agenus of summer-dormantrhizomatousperennialflowering plants in the irisfamily Iridaceae,native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America.[1][2][3]
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 lilactepals, and bloom from latewinter tospring.
The genus name is derived from theGreek wordsol, meaning "a little", andsyn-, meaning "joined",[4] referring to the stamens.[5]
The taxonOlsynium was formerly considered as part of the genusSisyrinchium. The following species are recognised in the genusOlsynium:[1]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
 | Olsynium acaule(Klatt) Goldblatt | Peru, Bolivia, northwestern Argentina |
| Olsynium andinum(Phil.) Ravenna | central Chile, Neuquén Province in Argentina | |
.jpeg) | Olsynium biflorum(Thunb.) Goldblatt | Santa Cruz + Tierra del Fuego Provinces in southern Argentina |
| Olsynium bodenbenderi(Kurtz) Goldblatt | Mendoza Province in Argentina | |
| Olsynium chrysochromumJ.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 stoloniferumRavenna | O'Higgins Province in Chile | |
| Olsynium trinerve(Baker) R.A.Rodr. & Martic. | Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile | |
| Olsynium villosumRavenna | Santiago Province in Chile |
