Seasonal Wild Flowers

Latin name

Sisyrinchium  striatum

Family

Iridaceae

Flowering season

May to July

English distribution

The garden plant is grown throughout the country.

The naturalised escape is found mainly in the South and is

rather thinly scattered elsewhere.

See the BSBI distribution map for Pale Yellow-eyed-grass

Habitat

It is a neophyte, introduced from South America in the

1780s.

It has been known in the wild since the late 1920s and

may be on the increase.

Short-lived populations are found on waste land and

probably originate from garden throw-outs.

Stable populations are found on waste heath-land

and in quarries.

Description

Pale Yellow-eyed-grass is an evergreen, rhizomatous,

clump-forming herb, growing up to 75cm.

The pale yellow flowers occur along the length of the stem

and are up to 2cm across.

There are 6 petals, each with a short terminal point.

There are 3 yellow stamens.

The leaves are broad-bladed and Iris-like.