Iridaceae
Eastern blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium atlanticum
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Sisyrinchium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 庭菖蒲, 蓝眼庭菖蒲, 藍眼庭菖蒲, 阿特拉斯庭菖蒲
- English
- Eastern blue-eyed grass
Synonyms
- Bermudiana apiculata (E.P.Bicknell) Nieuwl.
- Bermudiana apiculata var. mesochora Nieuwl.
- Bermudiana bermudiana f. atlantica (E.P.Bicknell) Kuntze
- Sisyrinchium apiculatum E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium apiculatum var. mesochorum Nieuwl.
- Sisyrinchium corymbosum E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium flexile E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium longifolium E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium mucronatum var. atlanticum (E.P.Bicknell) H.E.Ahles
- Sisyrinchium nanum E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium scoparium E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium tracyi E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium violaceum E.P.Bicknell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yoko Nekonomania, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peterwchen, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Sisyrinchium
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- 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
- 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.