Blue-eyed Grass
October 19, 2022
By Adam Huggins
Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium idahoense
- Description: Showy tufted perennial from 10-40 cm tall. Stems are usually flattened and look like miniature irises. Flowers are blue to purple with yellow centers.
- Habitat: Moist to wet grassy meadows, marshes, fields, and roadside ditches.
- Pair with: Sedges, shooting stars, and camas.
- Fun Fact: This beautiful plant is an iris rather than a grass, but the flowers do look like blue eyes opening early in the morning. The variety ‘Macounii’ is a rare local variant here in the Southern Gulf Islands.
