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Sisyrinchium idahoense
Idaho blue-eyed grass is a small perennial native to western North America, found in moist grassland, open woods and stream banks. It is an iris relative, not a true grass, and is grown in native-plant and wildflower gardens for its blue-violet flowers.
Sisyrinchium idahoense, the Idaho blue-eyed grass, is a perennial that is native to western North America. It is not a true grass, but is instead in the family Iridaceae.
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 · Elmer's blue-eyed grass · Funeral Mountain blue-eyed grass
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sisyrinchium idahoense 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.
