common blue-eyed grass

plant
Also known as: Sisyrinchium angustifolium

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description and distribution

  • blue-eyed grass
    In blue-eyed grass

    Common blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium), from North America and the West Indies, has been naturalized in parts of Europe. The plant has tall (50-centimetre [20-inch]) flower stems that bear 2-centimetre (about 1-inch) yellow-eyed blooms. Western blue-eyed grass (S. bellum) extends from western Mexico to Oregon…

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