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Slender Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium mucronatum

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USGS

 

An unusual and delicate flower in the Iris family, Blue-eyed grass bears 1-5 steel-blue flowers with tiny yellow centers at the end of each leaf-like stem from May through July, leaves are stout and grass-like - less than 1/4" wide and up to 1' long, the plant has a loosely tufted appearance, average moisture, full sun, 1' tall.

 

Another identifying characteristic is that leaves are narrowly winged and the spathes usually have a purple tinge.

Native Range: se. Newfoundland, s. Quebec, and s. Ontario south to Florida and e. Texas, and west to e. Kansas