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Genus: S

Sagina
Corsican moss
Salvia
pineapple sage
Sambucus
sweet elderberry
Sanguinaria
bloodroot
Saponaria
Mediterranean pink
Sasa
bamboo
Sasaella
bamboo
Sassafras
sassafras
Saururus
lizard's tail
Saxifraga
strawberry begonia
Schizachyrium
bunchgrass; little bluestem
Scirpus
bulrush
Sedum
(sedum); golden moss; wall pepper; wild stonecrop; worm grass; yellow stonecrop
Semiarundinaria
bamboo
Sempervivum
cobweb houseleek; common houseleek; hens-and-chickens
Senecio
golden groundsel
Shibataea
bamboo
Silene
fire pink
Silphium
cup plant
Sisyrinchium
pointed blue-eyed grass
Sorghastrum
Indian grass
Spartina
variegated prairie cordgrass
Sphagnum
sphagnum moss
Spigelia
Indian pink
Spiraea
meadowsweet
Sporobolus
prairie dropseed
Stachys
Betony; hedge nettle; woundwort
Stokesia
Stokes' aster
Stylophorum
celandine poppy; wood poppy
Styrax
Japanese snowbell tree
Symphytum
comfrey
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Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Sisyrinchium

(Iridaceae - iris family)
Blue-eyed grass. About 75 species of clump-forming perennial herbs, native to the W.Hemisphere
angustifolium peren • ht 6-12" • zones 3-10

pointed blue-eyed grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium - May 28 Sisyrinchium angustifolium - May 28
native, rock garden, sun - part shade
e N Amer

Not actually a grass, but rather a relative of irises. The leaves, which resemble miniature iris foliage, form a dense, turf-like clump. The 1/2" diameter flowers are blue with gold centers. They appear from late spring through early summer. Prefers a moist location.

cat # 9V7C
$7.95 each / 3+, $7.50 ea