Western Blue-eyed Grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
A grassy little iris-relative dotting spring meadows with starry blue-violet flowers eyed in gold. Goes summer-dormant after seeding. 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
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- CA, OR
Related native plants
More Sisyrinchium species
- Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)
- Prairie Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium campestre)
- White Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium albidum)
- Golden-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium californicum)
- Eastern Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium atlanticum)