Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass dots moist meadows and woodland edges with blue-violet, yellow-eyed flowers over grassy clumps, an easy and cheerful native groundlayer. Leaves have been cooked and mixed with other greens.
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- groundcover, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY
Related native plants
More Sisyrinchium species
- Western Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum)
- Prairie Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium campestre)
- White Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium albidum)
- Golden-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium californicum)
- Eastern Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium atlanticum)