Sisyrinchium bellum

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Sisyrinchium bellum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Genus:	Sisyrinchium
Species:	S. bellum
Binomial name
Sisyrinchium bellum S.Watson
Synonyms[1]
Bermudiana bella (S.Watson) Greene Sisyrinchium eastwoodiae E.P.Bicknell Sisyrinchium greenei E.P.Bicknell Sisyrinchium hesperium E.P.Bicknell Sisyrinchium maritimum A.Heller

Sisyrinchium bellum, the western blue-eyed grass^[2] or Californian blue-eyed grass, is the common blue-eyed grass of California and Oregon in and west of the Sierra Nevada, its range extending south into Baja California. In parts of its range, western blue-eyed grass has previously been classified as Sisyrinchium eastwoodiae, S. greenei and S. hesperium, but these names are now considered synonyms.

Sisyrinchium bellum grows as a perennial plant in open places where there is some moisture, particularly grassy areas, though it can also be found in woodlands and at altitudes up to 2,400 metres (7,900 ft). Like other species of blue-eyed grasses that are locally dominant, it is generally known simply as "blue-eyed grass" within its natural range.