Olsynium filifolium

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Olsynium filifolium (pale maiden), or Bermudiana filifolia,[3] is the only species of the iris family native to the Falkland Islands.

Clade:Embryophytes
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Spermatophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
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Olsynium filifolium
An 1885 lithograph of Olsynium filifolium, then known as Sisyrinchium filifolium[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Olsynium
Species:
O. filifolium
Binomial name
Olsynium filifolium
Synonyms[2]

Bermudiana filifolia
Olsynium lainezii
Phaiophleps lainezii
Sisyrinchium filifolium
Sisyrinchium filiforme
Sisyrinchium gaudichaudii
Sisyrinchium junceum subsp. filifolium
Symphyostemon lainezii

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Pale maiden with the Lady Elizabeth in the distance, Whalebone Cove

Taxonomy and habitat

It is much better known by its former name Sisyrinchium filifolium. Although it is no longer as common as it once was, it is widely distributed on the islands, and favours temperate dwarf shrub heath. It (or a closely related species) is also found in Patagonia.[4][5][6]

Description

Height is 10–30 centimetres (4–12 in) tall. Leaves are linear, 4–20 centimetres (1.6–7.9 in) long and 1–3 millimetres (0.04–0.12 in) broad.

Flowers are sweet smelling, and bell-shaped with six white tepals with pale purplish-red markings.[7] They bloom in spring, particularly in November.

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