Common blue-eyed grass
Common Name:
blue-eyed grass, common
Scientific Name:
Sisyrinchium rosulatum
Family:
Iridaceae
Lifecycle:
Annual
Features
Annual grass-like plant in the iris (Iridaceae) family. Plant develops from a central axis forming a rosette. Leaves compressed and glabrous. Flowers are solitary with six petal, three anthers surrounding a single pistil. Flowers can be blue, white, or yellow– but all have a darkened ring inside the flower petals. Seed pod are round, smooth, approximately 0.5 cm in diameter.
Description
A winter annual weed in turfgrass. Common grass-like iris plant of managed turf along the coastal plain region. Primarily on sandy textured soils in turfgrass.