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Sisyrinchium elmeri
Also called Elmer's Yellow Eyed Grass
Elmer's blue-eyed grass is a small clump-forming perennial from California's mountains, with grasslike leaves and yellow flowers. It thrives in moist meadow or bog conditions, so consistent moisture is the key to growing it.
Sisyrinchium elmeri is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae known by the common name Elmer's blue-eyed grass. It is endemic to California, where it is known from many of the mountain ranges from the Klamath Mountains through the Sierra Nevada to the San Bernardino Mountains. It grows in moist habitat types such as meadows and bogs.
White blue-eyed grass · Sisyrinchium albilapidense · Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass · Eastern blue-eyed grass · Western blue-eyed grass · Blue Eyed Grass · Golden blue-eyed grass · Prairie blue-eyed grass · Stiff blue-eyed grass · Wishbone blue-eyed grass · Funeral Mountain blue-eyed grass · Greenland blueeyed grass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sisyrinchium elmeri 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.
