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Common Blue-eyed Grass
(Sisyrinchium montanum)

Other common names: Little Blue-eyed Grass, Little Common Blue-eyed Grass, Montane Blue-eyed Grass

Family: Iris Family (Iridaceae)

Group: Blue-eyed Grasses

Similar species:
  •   White Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium albidum) - has white flowers.
  •   Slender Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium mucronatum) - very similar, stem skinny.

Flowers: Summer;  Blue/Violet;  6 parts (petals)

Habitat: Fields and Open Areas

Books: Newcomb's Wildflower Guide: 332    Peterson's Field Guide to Wildflowers: 326    ROM Field Guide to Wildflowers of Ontario: 69   

Native/Non-native: Native

Origin and Meaning of Names:
 Scientific Name: : of mountains

Photographs: 95 photographs available, of which 7 are featured on this page. SCROLL DOWN FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

Range Map is at the bottom of the page
  

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Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)

 The flower with its distinctly pointed petals.

Blue with a yellow center..

Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)

 It's a very pretty flower.

Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)

 Here's a whole plant. Note the stem appears thick - it is 1/8" wide, as opposed to Slender Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium mucronatum) stems which are 1/16" wide.

Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)

 Another photo of the whole plant.

These plants are difficult to photograph owing to the slender stem..

Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)

 This shows the relative size of a typical plant.

Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)

 Seed pods forming from fertilized flowers.

Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)

 And here's some seed pods along with a still-open flower.

Beautiful, delicate little plants!.
  

Wildflowers       Blue-eyed Grasses

Range map for Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum)

PLEASE NOTE: A coloured Province or State means this species occurs somewhere in that Province/State.
The entire Province/State is coloured, regardless of where in that Province/State it occurs.

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