Iridaceae
Needletip blue-eyed grass
Sisyrinchium mucronatum
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Genus
- Sisyrinchium
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Needletip blue-eyed grass, Needle-tipped blue-eyed-grass
Synonyms
- Bermudiana mucronata (Michx.) Lunell
- Sisyrinchium angustifolium var. mucronatum (Michx.) Baker
- Sisyrinchium bermudiana var. mucronatum (Michx.) A.Gray
- Sisyrinchium intermedium E.P.Bicknell
- Sisyrinchium mucronatum var. mucronatum
- Sisyrinchium versicolor E.P.Bicknell
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- 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
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.