Iridaceae
Golden blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium californicum
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Sisyrinchium
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 加州庭菖蒲
- English
- Golden blue-eyed grass, Golden-eyed grass, Golden-eyed-grass, Yellow-eyed-grass
- Welsh
- Sisirinciwm melyn
Synonyms
- Bermudiana californica (Ker Gawl.) Kuntze
- Echthronema californica (Ker Gawl.) Herb.
- Hydastylus borealis E.P.Bicknell
- Hydastylus brachypus E.P.Bicknell
- Hydastylus californicus Salisb.
- Hydastylus californicus (Ker Gawl.) Salisb. ex E.P.Bicknell
- Marica acorifolia Ker Gawl.
- Marica californica Ker Gawl.
- Olsynium luteum Raf.
- Sisyrinchium boreale (E.P.Bicknell) J.K.Henry
- Sisyrinchium boreale (E.P.Bicknell) A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Sisyrinchium brachypus (E.P.Bicknell) J.K.Henry
- Sisyrinchium brachypus E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium convolutum Klatt
- Sisyrinchium flavidum Kellogg
- Sisyrinchium flavum Hoffmanns. ex Steud.
- Sisyrinchium lineatum Torr.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bouba at French Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118, 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: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enright, Pat; Rolfe, Jeremy, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Enright, Pat; Rolfe, Jeremy, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Sisyrinchium
- Strict blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium montanumIridaceae
- Narrowleaf blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium angustifoliumIridaceae
- Sisyrinchium striatumIridaceae
- 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.