Sisyrinchium longipes

Timberland blue-eyed-grass

Family: Iridaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 2B.2

Timberland blue-eyed-grass is a rare (CNPS 2B.2) California native perennial found in the San Bernardino Mountains in wet to moist meadows and streambanks at elevations of 700 to 1,060 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces yellow to orange flowers with dark brown veins, nestled within translucent bracts with distinctive rounded or sometimes dissected teeth. Growing with slender stems up to 45 centimeters tall that dry to an olive-green color and are 0.6 to 2.3 millimeters wide, it lacks leaf-bearing nodes. Its delicate form features narrow, grass-like foliage typical of blue-eyed-grass species. The compact inflorescence creates an intricate, subtle display characteristic of this alpine meadow dweller.

Habitat: Wet to moist meadows, streambanks, similar places

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 700-1060 m

Bioregions: SnBr

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