Iridaceae
Western blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium bellum
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Sisyrinchium
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 美丽庭菖蒲, 美丽蓝眼草
- English
- Western blue-eyed grass, Beautiful blue-eyed grass, Californian blue-eyed grass
Synonyms
- Bermudiana bella (S.Watson) Greene
- Sisyrinchium angustifolium var. bellum (S.Watson) Baker
- Sisyrinchium eastwoodiae E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium greenei E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium hesperium E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium maritimum A.Heller
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Dawn Endico from Menlo Park, California, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter D. Tillman from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Sisyrinchium
- Strict blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium montanumIridaceae
- Narrowleaf blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium angustifoliumIridaceae
- 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
- 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.