Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Sisyrinchium californicum (Golden-Eyed Grass)

 

Kingdom

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 Plantae – Plants

Subkingdom

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 Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision

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 Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division

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 Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class

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 Liliopsida – Monocotyledons

Subclass

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 Liliidae

Order

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 Liliales

Family

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 Iridaceae – Iris family

Genus

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 Sisyrinchium L. – blue-eyed grass

Species

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 Sisyrinchium californicum (Ker Gawl.) Aiton – golden blue-eyed grass

 

Photo at right by Stan Shebs.

This grass-like perennial is in the Iris family.

From the clumps of grass-like foliage sprout bright yellow flowers with six petals and noteworthy veins.

They bloom throughout the entire summer, opening wide in the morning but tucking in for a siesta during the hot afternoon sun.

Golden-Eyed Grass likes moisture in the early spring and cannot survive drought conditions.

Found in wetlands at low elevations from southern Vancouver Island to California, USDA 8-10.
 
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