Sisyrinchium halophilum

Nevada blue-eyed-grass

Family: Iridaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Nevada blue-eyed-grass is a California native perennial found in northern Sierra Nevada Mountains, Great Basin, and adjacent Mojave Desert regions in moist, alkaline meadows at elevations below 2,600 meters. Flowering from May to June, this plant produces medium violet-blue flowers with yellow bases, approximately 9 to 12 millimeters long with truncate tips. Growing in tight tufts less than 40 centimeters tall, it features distinctively glaucous stems with no leaf-bearing nodes. Its flowers have translucent bracts with inner margins widest at the tip, extending above as two rounded teeth. This delicate blue-eyed-grass thrives in alkaline environments, creating small clusters of distinctive violet-blue blooms.

Habitat: Generally moist, alkaline meadows

Bloom period: May-Jun

Elevation: < 2600 m

Bioregions: n&amps SNH, GB, adjacent DMoj

California counties: Inyo, Mono, San Bernardino, Kern, Modoc, Tulare, Placer, Plumas, Sierra, Madera

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.