SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sisyrinchium angustifolium
COMMON NAMES: Narrowleaf Blue-eyed Grass, Bermuda Blue-eyed Grass, Blue-eyed Grass, Common Blue-eyed Grass
BLOOM TIME: May, June
PLANT PROFILE:
- Small clumping plant up to 12 in. tall with pointed grass-like leaves.
- Member of iris family.
- Several flowers on each slender stalk in light to dark blue Habitat: prairies, sandy soil and low woods.
- Nice plant for landscaping.
INSECT/ANIMAL INTERACTIONS:
- It is a good early-season pollinator plant.
- Halictid bees, including green metallic bees, are most important visitors to flowers, & collect pollen or suck nectar.
- Bumblebees, other kinds of bees, & bee flies are less frequent visitors seeking nectar.
- Syrphid flies feed on pollen or suck nectar.
- Seeds & other parts of this plant are eaten to a limited extent by the Greater Prairie Chicken & Wild Turkey.