{"id":768,"date":"2016-06-13T20:35:44","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T00:35:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/johnclayton\/?p=768"},"modified":"2020-07-20T14:39:20","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T18:39:20","slug":"blue-eyed-grass-june-2016-wildflower-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vnps.org\/johnclayton\/2016\/06\/13\/blue-eyed-grass-june-2016-wildflower-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue-eyed Grass &#8211; June 2016 Wildflower of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/johnclayton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/06\/Blue-eyed-grass.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-769 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/johnclayton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/06\/Blue-eyed-grass-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Blue-eyed grass\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/vnps.org\/johnclayton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/06\/Blue-eyed-grass-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vnps.org\/johnclayton\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2016\/06\/Blue-eyed-grass.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><\/a>Not a grass, but a member of the Iris Family, this little blue flower has a yellow eye; each of the six petal-like parts has a bristle tip. Leaves are narrow, branching and grasslike, 6-18 inches tall. Flower color ranges from pale blue to deep blue-violet, the flower size from \u00bc\u201d to \u00be\u201d wide. Blooming from May through June, small round fruits are produced through July.<\/p>\n<p>This perennial is common throughout Virginia, growing in meadows, ditches and damp woods. Two other similar perennials are in the Coastal Plain; the stems of S. atlanticum are more narrow, and S. mucronatum has unbranched stems. Annual Blue-eyed grass S. rosulatum is not native; the petals are lighter, and a conspicuous dark ring surrounds the center. This introduced species is common in the Gulf coastal states, and is spreading northward, growing in fields and disturbed ground.<\/p>\n<p>Blue-eyed grass does best in full sun to partial shade, preferring good, moist, well-drained soil. After the flowers fade, clumps of the narrow leaves are an attractive groundcover throughout the summer and into fall. The plants look great in a rock garden or along a border and can naturalize in the lawn. Propagation is by seed or division; they will self-seed, but not aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>The genus name is Greek, sys for \u201cpig\u201d and rynchus for \u201csnout,\u201d referring to \u201cpig snout\u201d as pigs searched for the roots. Native Americans used the plant for medical purposes.<\/p>\n<p>By Helen Hamilton, past-president of the John Clayton Chapter, VNPS<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium) taken by Helen Hamilton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not a grass, but a member of the Iris Family, this little blue flower has a yellow eye; each of the six petal-like parts has a bristle tip. Leaves are narrow, branching and grasslike, 6-18 inches tall. Flower color ranges from pale blue to deep blue-violet, the flower size from \u00bc\u201d to \u00be\u201d wide. 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