The Wild Garden: Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Sisyrinchium californicum (Golden-Eyed Grass)

Kingdom	:	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	:	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	:	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	:	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	:	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	:	Liliidae
Order	:	Liliales
Family	:	Iridaceae – Iris family
Genus	:	Sisyrinchium L. – blue-eyed grass
Species	:	Sisyrinchium californicum (Ker Gawl.) Aiton – golden blue-eyed grass

Photo at right by Stan Shebs.

This grass-like perennial is in the Iris family.

From the clumps of grass-like foliage sprout bright yellow flowers with six petals and noteworthy veins.

They bloom throughout the entire summer, opening wide in the morning but tucking in for a siesta during the hot afternoon sun.

Golden-Eyed Grass likes moisture in the early spring and cannot survive drought conditions.

Found in wetlands at low elevations from southern Vancouver Island to California, USDA 8-10.

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