Description: Idaho blue-eyed grass is a perennial forb, not a grass as the common name suggests. Part of the iris family (Iridaceae), it is a monocot and has thin, erect, grass-like leaves growing from the base. As it matures it will grow to be 6 to 18 inches tall, and its small blooms are light blue to deep blue or purple, six-petaled, star shaped flowers with a yellow center Flowers will begin to bloom late spring through midsummer. It grows in moist meadows and on the edges of wetlands or stream banks.
plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_siid.pdf Photo: Tom Koener/USFWS. Date: 12 June 2014, 16:25. Source:
Idaho Blue Eyed Grass (Sysyrinchium idahoense) Cokeville Meadows NWR. Author:
USFWS Mountain-Prairie.
