Index- plants in this Family
Iridaceae / Iris Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium albidum)
Blue-eyed Grass is also known as White Blue-eyed Grass which is the official vernacular for this species.. ...
Stout Blue-eyed Grass (Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass)
Sisyrinchium angustifolium ...
Blue-eyed Grass
Bright blue star shaped flowers with gold centers rise above fine, semievergreen, Iris-like foliage from May to June. Excellent for edging, the 3/4" flowers are very good sized for the genus. We are very excited about this little gem.
Blue-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium graminoides)
Sisyrinchium graminoides 'Lucerne' is often referred to as 'Blue Eyed Grass', but it is technically not an ornamental grass.
Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass
Scientific Name: Sisyrinchium angustifolium P. Mill.
Synonym: Sisyrinchium bermudiana, Sisyrinchium graminoides
Family: Iridaceae ...
Noted for its violet-blue flowers, narrowleaf blue-eyed grass is found in wet, grassy flatwoods, wet prairies, and fields. It grows nearly throughout the state of Florida (Wunderlin, 2003) and the east coast as far north as Quebec (Kartesz, 1999).
( California Blue-Eyed Grass )
Semi-evergreen perennial that forms clumps. Leaves are narrow and linear reaching 5 inches. Erect stems bear star-shaped, violet-blue flowers with yellow throats. Blooms in summer. Will self-seed freely.
Sisyrinchium graminoides (Blue-eyed grass)
Photo/Illustration: Melissa Lucas
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Blue-eyed Grass is a delicate plant hard to find in grasses that it blends into, but this robust cluster of plants, sprouting from spreading roots, was very easy to spot. Flowers are blue to blue-purple.
Blue-eyed grass' handsome foliage makes it an asset in the perennial garden, even when the plant is not in bloom.
Pale Blue-Eyed Grass [English]: Sisyrinchium pallidum
Pale Blue-Eyed Grass [English]: Sisyrinchium albidum
Pale Blush Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Pale Blush'
Pale Botrychium [English]: Botrychium pallidum ...
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass; aka, Narrowleaf, Pointed, Stout, or Northern Blue-eyed Grass ...
Field Office Guide to Plant Species
Eastern Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium atlanticum Bickn.
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides species, Endymion species)
Blueberry (Vaccinium species)
Bog bean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) ...
The family is characterized by thickened stem organs (bulbs, corms, and rhizomes) and by linear or sword-shaped leaves—small and grasslike in the crocuses and blue-eyed grasses.
the yellow-flowered form of annual blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium rosulatum (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
fruit of the yellow-flowered form of annual blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium rosulatum (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
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Sisiyrinchiums, commonly known as "blue-eyed grasses" are not at all members of the grass family. They are in fact of the Iris family. About 75 species are recorded. Although some are native to the U.S., not all hardy in the temperate zone.
Sisyrinchium idahoense. Blue-Eyed Grass.
There are more
Iris Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.
Medick, Black Mustard, Black Nightshade, Black Pea, Black Poplar, Blackthorn, Bladder Campion, Bladder Sedge, Bladder Senna, Bladderseed, Blinks, Blood-drop Emlets, Bloody Cranesbill, Blue Fleabane, Blue Moor Grass, Blue Sow-thistle, Blue-eyed Grass, ...
Sisyrinchium idahoense var. macounii
MAUCON'S BLUE-EYED GRASS
Solidago canadensis
GOLDENROD ...
Sisyrinchium angustifolium Blue-Eyed Grass
Smilacina racemosa False Solomon's Seal
Spigelia marilandica Indian Pink
Thalictrum species Meadow Rue
Tiarella speciesFoam Flower *
Tradescantia virginiana Spiderwort *
Tricyrtis species Toad Lily * ...
 See also: Grass, Sisyrinchium, Iris, Green, May
  
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