Iridaceae
Strict blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium montanum
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Sisyrinchium
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Common names
By language (12)
- Belarusian
- Блакітнавочка горная
- Chinese
- 百慕庭菖蒲
- English
- Strict blue-eyed grass
- Estonian
- Ahtalehine sininokk
- Finnish
- Vuorisilmiö
- Latvian
- Šaurlapu sizirinhija
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sivlilje
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Sivlilje
- Russian
- Голубоглазка горная, Сизиринхиум горный, Сисюринхий горный
- Swedish
- Gräslilja
- Ukrainian
- Синьоочки вузьколисті
- Welsh
- Sisirinciwm y mynydd
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos

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Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Eastern blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium atlanticumIridaceae
- Western blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium bellumIridaceae
- Wishbone blue-eyed grassSisyrinchium dichotomumIridaceae
- Sisyrinchium graminifoliumIridaceae
Sources: classification 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.