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Golden blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium californicum

Also called Golden-eyed grass, Yellow Eyed Grass

Golden blue-eyed grass
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0

Golden blue-eyed grass is a small rhizomatous perennial in the iris family, native to the Pacific coast from British Columbia to central California. It is grown for its grasslike foliage and bright yellow flowers, and thrives in moist, open ground.

Family
Iridaceae (Iris family)
Grows as
Grass
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during the growing season, and water less once established and in dormancy.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or sandy loam; tolerates clay if drainage is adequate.
Temperature
10–25 °C; hardy in cool temperate climates and tolerates frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Vancouver I. to W. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Sisyrinchium californicum is a species of flowering plant in the iris family known by the common names golden blue-eyed grass, yellow-eyed-grass, and golden-eyed-grass. It is native to the west coast of North America from British Columbia to central California, where it grows in moist habitat, often in coastal areas.

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Western blue-eyed grass

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sisyrinchium californicum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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