Sisyrinchium
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Sisyrinchium is a genus of small, grass-like flowering plants commonly known as blue-eyed grasses, native to the Americas and valued for their star-shaped, often blue or violet blooms.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sisyrinchium canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12061305 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sisyrinchium Context triple: [Iridaceae, containsGenus, Sisyrinchium]
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A.
Camassia
Camassia is a small genus of North American flowering plants known for their star-shaped blue or white blooms and edible bulbs historically used as a food source by Indigenous peoples.
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B.
Calochortus
Calochortus is a genus of North American flowering plants in the lily family, known for their showy, tulip-like or star-shaped blossoms often called mariposa lilies.
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C.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Liatris
Liatris is a genus of North American flowering plants known for their tall spikes of purple or white blooms, commonly called blazing stars or gayfeathers and popular in ornamental gardening.
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E.
Agrostemma
Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sisyrinchium Target entity description: Sisyrinchium is a genus of small, grass-like flowering plants commonly known as blue-eyed grasses, native to the Americas and valued for their star-shaped, often blue or violet blooms.
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A.
Camassia
Camassia is a small genus of North American flowering plants known for their star-shaped blue or white blooms and edible bulbs historically used as a food source by Indigenous peoples.
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B.
Calochortus
Calochortus is a genus of North American flowering plants in the lily family, known for their showy, tulip-like or star-shaped blossoms often called mariposa lilies.
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C.
Sarcomphalus
Sarcomphalus is a genus of flowering plants in the buckthorn family, known for its shrubs and small trees native to tropical and subtropical regions.
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D.
Liatris
Liatris is a genus of North American flowering plants known for their tall spikes of purple or white blooms, commonly called blazing stars or gayfeathers and popular in ornamental gardening.
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E.
Agrostemma
Agrostemma is a small genus of flowering plants, commonly known as corncockles, characterized by showy, often pink to purple blooms typically found in grain fields and meadows.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.