Blue-Eyed Grass
A delightful find on a warm spring day is to discover a blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium mucronatum) in the field. Marilyn Dwelley advises beginners to recognize only the genus and not to try to ineintify all the many species of this member of the Iris family. Blue-Eyed Grass thrives in moist meadows and pastures, growing to ten or twelve inches high. The starlike flowers vary in color from white to blue to pale violet. All have yellow centers. The stems and leaves are stiff and flattened. Touch them and see.
Marilyn Dwelley (1973). Spring Wildflowers of New England. Camden, ME: Down East Enterprise.
