Sisyrinchium graminoides (Blue-eyed grass)
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Sisyrinchium idahoense var. macounii
Scientific Name: Sisyrinchium idahoense var. macounii (Bickn.) D. Henderson
Synonym: Sisyrinchium macounii
Family: Iridaceae ...
Sisyrinchium angustifolium 'Lucerne'
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.
Sisyrinchium
( Pole Star Sisyrinchium )
Semi-evergreen perennial that forms clumps. Leaves are narrow and linear reaching up to 16 inches. Erect stems bear continual star-shaped, white flowers with yellow throats through summer. Will self-seed freely.
Even though it looks like grass, these Sisyrinchiums are small and dainty, yet tough as nails, members of the Iris family.
Sisyrinchium montanum (Blue-eyed Grass)
Iridaceae (Iris) Family ...
Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth
Synonyms
Sisyrinchium bermudiana L. (misapplied)Sisyrinchium micranthum Cav. (misapplied) ...
Sisyrinchium graminoides 'Lucerne' is often referred to as 'Blue Eyed Grass', but it is technically not an ornamental grass.
Sisyrinchium angustifolium is a primitive iris that can easily be mistaken for a clump of grass if not for the yellow-centered bright blue almost daisy-like flowers that are present May through July.
#1078 Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Common Names: blue-eyed grass
Family: Iridaceae (iris Family)
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Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) is a very common species that can reach 50cm (20") in height . The stem is distinctly winged and the flower stalks are longer than the leaves. The leaves are usually over 0.3cm (.125") wide.
Mountain Blue-eyed-grass
Sisyrinchium montanum Greene
Synonym: S. angustifolium
Family: Iridaceae, Iris
Genus: Sisyrinchium ...
Stout Blue-eyed Grass (Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass)
Sisyrinchium angustifolium ...
Sisyrinchium iridioides. Bermudiana. A member of the iris family first recognized by Carolus Linnaeus as different from the American blue-eyed iris. This was confirmed in 1884. In the USA and UK, known as Sisyrinchium.
Sisyrinchium angustifolium is a flowering, perennial, wetland grass-like plant in the iris family (Iridaceae).
Sisyrinchium idahoense. Blue-Eyed Grass.
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at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.
Sisyrinchium brachypus
4"-6"
Clumps of Iris like leaves; brightblue, star-shaped flowers June to September ...
Sisyrinchium 'Devon Skies'
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.
Sisyrinchium striatum
A clump-forming native of South America; look for greenish-yellow inflorescences (flowers) in the summer.
Satin-flower (Sisyrinchium) - Iridaceous plants from N.W. America, of which only one species is worth growing, namely S. grandiflorum, a beautiful perennial with narrow, grass-like leaves that blooms in early spring.
Yellow-eyed Grass - Sisyrinchium
VINES
You know...these are the plants you don't have to go get, they will come to you. (Vine Gallery) ...
Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium, Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides species, Endymion species)
Blueberry (Vaccinium species)
Bog bean (Menyanthes trifoliata)
Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) ...
Mountain Blue Eyedgrass [English]: Sisyrinchium montanum 'Mrs. Spivey'
Mountain Blue Eyedgrass [English]: Sisyrinchium montanum
Mountain Blue Gum [English]: Eucalyptus deanei
Mountain Blue Penstemon [English]: Penstemon laetus ...
Aristea ecklonii 'Little John' (Small Blue Stars) - A hardy herbaceous perennial resembling a Sisyrinchium tha has fans of 1 foot long, bright green blade-like leaves.
List of Sisyrinchium species
List of Solanum species
List of plants by common name (Sonoran Desert)
List of species described by the Lewis and Clark Expedition
List of species for which Lyndley Craven is a taxon authority ...
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Goes well with: Lamium maculatum 'Beacon Silver', Pulmonaria officinalis 'Sissinghurst White', Heuchera micrantha var. diversifolia 'Palace Purple', Hemerocallis 'Cartwheels', Iris germanica, Sisyrinchium striatum.
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30/820: Iris (280, inc. Belamcanda), Moraea (200), Sisyrinchium (60-260), Tigridia (50). Worldwide, but esp. the spine of Central and South America.
Comandra umbellata, Eryngium yuccifolium, Gentiana puberulenta, Hypoxis hirsuta, Lithospermum canescens, Lobelia spicata, Petalostemum purpureum, Phlox pilosa fulgida, Poa pratensis, Ratidiba pinnata, Silphium terebinthinaceum, Sisyrinchium albidum, ...
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 * ...
Other members of the family found in the United States are the blue-eyed grasses (genus Sisyrinchium) with small clusters of blue, white, or purplish flowers, ranging from Canada to Patagonia, ...
Eleutherine bulbosa, Sisyrinchium bulbosum, Galatea bulbosa (Lagrimas De La Virgen, Yahuar Piripiri , Family: Iridaceae)
Emblica officinalis, Phyllanthus emblica (Indian Gooseberry, Emblic Myrobalan, Amla, Amalaki, Amloki, Family: Euphorbiaceae) ...
 See also: Grass, Green, Blue-eyed Grass, May, Iris
  
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