Seasonal Wild Flowers

Yellow-eyed-grass

Sisyrinchium californicum

Iridaceae

May to November

It is very thinly scattered throughout the country.

See the BSBI distribution map for Yellow-eyed-grass

It is a neophyte which was introduced in the mid 1790s

as a garden plant. It had become naturalised by the mid

1890s in wet meadows.

In gardens it can be a persistent weed.

Yellow-eyed-grass is a rhizomatous, clump-forming, grass-

like herb, growing up to 30cm.

Flowers are yellow, with 6 petals, spread stamens and

orange anthers.

Stems (scapes) are flattened and winged.

Fruits are tri-lobed capsules.

Leaves are stiff, dark green and slightly fleshy.

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Yellow-eyed-grass clump

Close-up of flower, orange anthers

Side view - flattened scape (stem)

Fruit - capsule

Leaves