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Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) |
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Sisyrinchium atlanticum Eastern Blue-eyed Grass has heavily branched stems. The stems are very thin and hardly flattened.
Sisyrinchium mucronatum Needle-tip Blue-eyed Grass has the spathes tinged with purple. Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass Identification: Plant grasslike. Flowers blue, with 6 petals, each petal with a spine at its tip. Center of flower and stamens yellow. Fruit a small, round pod. Flowers and fruit on long, thin peduncles (stalks). Flowers arranged in small clusters, the base of the cluster with a leaflike bract (spathe). Plant stems unbranched or with few stems branched. Stem flattened, variable in width. Plant 4 to 24 inches in height. Distribution: Throughout eastern North America. Habitat: Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass is found in meadows and along the shores of lakes and ponds. Flowering period: May to July. |
Narrow-leaved Blue-eyed Grass
Similar Species: The species of Sisyrinchium can be very difficult to distinguish from each other. The genus includes several species not included in this treatment. Of the two other species included here Eastern Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium atlanticum) Needle-tip Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium mucronatum)
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