Sisyrinchium angustifolium

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Blue-eyed grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Liliopsida Order: Asparagales Family: Iridaceae Genus: Sisyrinchium Species: S. augustifolium
Binomial name
Sisyrinchium augustifolium Mill

Stout blue-eyed grass or simply blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium augustifolium, is the most common blue-eyed grass of the eastern United States. It is a perennial plant growing in fields, meadows, and other grassy places.

Height: 15-50cm. Stem: broadly winged, 2-4mm wide. Leaves: 2-6mm wide. Flowers (tepils): blue 7-10mm.

[edit] References

• * Flora of North America, treatment of this species

• Rhoads, Ann F., Timothy A. Block, and Anna Anisko (Illustrator). The Plants of Pennsylvania: An Illustrated Manual, Second edition (2007). University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN-10: 0812240030

• Gleason, Henry A. and Cronquist, Arthur (1991) Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada, Second Edition. The New York Botanical Garden Press. ISBN 0-89327-365-1.