Blue-eyed Grass
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 Western Blue-eyed Grass Sisyrhinchium bellum | ||||||||||||
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Sisyrinchium acre Sisyrinchium albidum Sisyrinchium angustifolium Sisyrinchium arizonicum Sisyrinchium atlanticum Sisyrinchium bellum Sisyrinchium biforme Sisyrinchium californicum Sisyrinchium campestre Sisyrinchium capillare Sisyrinchium cernuum Sisyrinchium chilense Sisyrinchium demissum Sisyrinchium dichotomum Sisyrinchium elmeri Sisyrinchium farwellii Sisyrinchium funereum Sisyrinchium fuscatum Sisyrinchium groenlandicum Sisyrinchium halophilum Sisyrinchium hitchcockii Sisyrinchium idahoense Sisyrinchium implicatum Sisyrinchium iridifolium Sisyrinchium langloisii Sisyrinchium littorale Sisyrinchium longipes Sisyrinchium macrocarpon Sisyrinchium miamiense Sisyrinchium minus Sisyrinchium montanum Sisyrinchium mucronatum Sisyrinchium nashii Sisyrinchium pallidum Sisyrinchium radicatum Sisyrinchium rosulatum Sisyrinchium sagittiferum Sisyrinchium sarmentosum Sisyrinchium septentrionale Sisyrinchium tracyi ''Sisyrinchium xerophyllum |
These are not true grasses, but many species are low-growing, and their leaves tend to be grass-like; and they do often grow on grasslands. They grow as perennial plants, from a rhizome. The flowers are relatively simple, usually blue or purple, with a contrasting centre from which the group gets its name. The flowers often grow in clusters.
A few species are not blue, despite the generic name. The Western Blue-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium bellum, is sometimes found with white flowers, while the California Golden-eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium californicum, has yellow flowers.
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