Iridaceae
Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Sisyrinchium
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Common names
By language (9)
- Chinese
- 狭叶庭菖蒲, 狹葉庭菖蒲
- Czech
- Badil úzkolistý
- English
- Narrowleaf blue-eyed grass
- Finnish
- Heinäsilmiö
- French
- Bermudienne à feuilles étroites
- Japanese
- ルリニワゼキショウ
- Polish
- Miecznica wąskolistna
- Russian
- Голубоглазка узколистная, Голубоглазка злаковидная
- Serbian
- Мачац
Synonyms
- Bermudiana angustifolia (Mill.) Kuntze
- Bermudiana bermudiana f. graminoides (E.P.Bicknell) Kuntze
- Bermudiana bermudiana var. albida Kuntze
- Bermudiana bermudiana var. angustifolia (Mill.) Kuntze
- Bermudiana graminea (Lam.) Nieuwl.
- Bermudiana graminea Gaertn.
- Bermudiana graminifolia Medik.
- Bermudiana homomalla (Klatt) Kuntze
- Bermudiana iridifolia Medik.
- Ferraria pulchella Salisb.
- Ferraria violacea Salisb.
- Marica mucronata Ker Gawl.
- Sisyrinchium acuminatum Herb.
- Sisyrinchium anceps Cav.
- Sisyrinchium angustifolium f. album J.K.Sim & Y.S.Kim
- Sisyrinchium bermudiana subsp. angustifolium (Mill.) P.Fourn.
- Sisyrinchium bermudiana var. anceps (Cav.) A.Gray
- Sisyrinchium carolinianum E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium cultrifolium Noronha
- Sisyrinchium excisum Godr.
- Sisyrinchium gramineum Lam.
- Sisyrinchium graminoides E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium hibernicum Á.Löve & D.Löve
- Sisyrinchium homomallum Klatt
- Sisyrinchium iridioides Curtis
- Sisyrinchium membranaceum E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium nuttallii Sweet
- Sisyrinchium ramosum Herb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- blue (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Hugowolf, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: The Marmot from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Fritzflohrreynolds, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Meneerke bloem, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Sisyrinchium
- Strict blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium montanumIridaceae
- Sisyrinchium striatumIridaceae
- Golden blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium californicumIridaceae
- BermudianaSisyrinchium bermudianaIridaceae
- White blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium albidumIridaceae
- Swordleaf blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium chilenseIridaceae
- Funeral Mountain blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium funereumIridaceae
- Annual blue-eyed-grassSisyrinchium micranthumIridaceae
- Eastern blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium atlanticumIridaceae
- Western blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium bellumIridaceae
- Wishbone blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium dichotomumIridaceae
- Sisyrinchium graminifoliumIridaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.