Greek sisyrinchion – a name given to Gynandriris sisyrinchium in classical times.
Annual or perennial herbs with rhizomes. Leaves erect, flat, without midvein. Flowers radially symmetrical, stalked in cymes within a pair of unequal green spathes. Perianth segments equal, free, but forming a cup around style. Stamen filaments fused. Style branches 3, entire, thread-like, shorter than stamens. Capsules globular, on slender stalks.
About 100 species in N and S America, but exact number uncertain as the genus needs revision.
Seed or division.
Small urn-shaped flowers on slender stalks; stamens fused, hidden inside perianth.
Henderson (1976).
Source: (2005). Iridaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 5. Flowering plants. Monocotyledons. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
