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Iridaceae

Elmer's blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium elmeri Greene

Family
Iridaceae
Genus
Sisyrinchium

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Elmer's blue-eyed grass: A Sisyrinchium elmeri taken in Butterfly Valley Botanical Area, Plumas County, CA, USA
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
English
Elmer's blue-eyed grass
Russian
Голубоглазка Элмера

Synonyms

  • Hydastylus elmeri (Greene) E.P.Bicknell
  • Hydastylus rivularis E.P.Bicknell

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: native

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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.