Blue Eyed Grass

Common Name(s): Blue Eyed Grass Scientific Name: Sisyrinchium species Family: Iridaceae Iris Family Flower: 1/2-1" blue six petaled flower with yellow center. Sometimes in small clusters. Leaves: Flat grass-like blade growing from base. Flower Stems often sheathed with a leaf. Plant: Leaves and Stems grow from root in a broad clump.

General Comments:

Many varieties grow in the area includeing angustifolium with pale flowers growing from the middle of a leaf-like bract on long stems, and montanum and mucronatum which have darker flowers growing from the top of the leaf-like brach, the latter has very slender leaves.

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IrisFamily (Iridaceae)