Olsynium

Olsynium
Olysnium douglasii var. douglasii in Anacortes 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
  • Phaiophleps Raf.
  • Symphyostemon Miers
  • Psithyrisma Herb.
  • Chamelum Phil.
  • Ona Ravenna

Olsynium is a genus of summer-dormant rhizomatous perennial flowering plants in the iris family Iridaceae, native to sunny hillsides in South America and western North America.