A picture was taken
in the Cades Cove area of the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This blue-eyed grass averaged about
6" to 8" tall and was growing in small patches along an old fence row. If you
see Blue-eyed Grass in Tennessee, it is probably pointed Blue-eyed Grass,
because the similar "common blue-eyed grass" is not found here.
Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Pointed Blue-eyed Grass) is a member of the iris
family. The slender green foliage of the pointed blue-eyed grass stem greatly
resembles miniaturized common iris. About 1/16" wide the pointy stem continues
above the flower cluster.
Pointed Blue-eyed Grass is a State Special Concern plant in some parts of
it's range like Wisconsin.
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