Other common names:
Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass Family: Iris Family (Iridaceae) Group: Blue-eyed Grasses Distinctive features:
Looks like grass. Blue flower. Similar species: • White Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium albidum) - has white flowers. • Common Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium montanum) - very similar, stem wider. • Stout Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - bracts aer different. Flowers: Summer; Blue/Violet; 6 parts (petals); Summer. Blue with yellow center. Petals have distinctly pointed tips. Six parts. 1/2 - 3/4" wide. Leaves:
Like grass. Height:
15-40 cm (6-16 in) Stem:
Flat, distinctly winged, 1/16" wide (Common Blue-eyed Grass stem is 1/8" wide). Unbranched and without a leafy bract in the middle. Pointed stem continues above flower cluster. Habitat: Fields and Open Areas; Fields and meadows, bogs, forest edges. 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 Notes:
Closely resembling Common Blue-eyed Grass, it can be differentiated by measuring the width of the stem.
Photographs:
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