Wildflowers - Blue Eyed Grass / myLot

United States

May 15, 2016 6:38am CST

I have been trying to identify some of the wildflowers that are growing in our fields. This is one of the pictures I took while walking in our front field the other day. I have identified this as "Blue Eyed Grass". It is actually not a grass at all but is related to the iris flower. It grows from rhizomes that send out long blade like foliage that looks like grass. It will send up a wiry stem topped with these blue petals and bright yellow centers. Apparently, blue-eyed grass grows in many places around the US from Canada to south Texas. Have you seen this wildflower in your area?

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (339658)

• Rockingham, Australia

15 May 16

I'm sure we have these. If not, it is very similar.

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Sheila Brown

@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

15 May 16

You may have these same flowers, apparently they are very common in the US and tolerate hot and dry conditions. I think they only bloom in spring and early summer.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112786)

• El Paso, Texas

15 May 16

Very pretty, I wish they'd grow here.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (112786)

• El Paso, Texas

16 May 16

We do have a few bushes that grow but because it's so dry they are low to the ground and tend to spread widely to absorb what little moisture there is @sgbrown the worse ones are those goat head stickers.

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Sheila Brown

@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

17 May 16

@rebelann I remember those awful goat head stickers! They are really painful! I have had a couple here, but there are not near as many as there were in El Paso!

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Sheila Brown

@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

16 May 16

I remember the hot, dry, ground of El Paso, @rebelann I don't think much of anything but mesquite grows there!

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BigDreamer

@kellyr634 (416)

• United States

18 May 16

Yes! I see these growing all over!

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Sheila Brown

@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

20 May 16

I am going to try to dig some up today and transplant into one of my flower beds. Wish me luck!

Juliaacv

@Juliaacv (51149)

• Canada

15 May 16

I think that we had some of this flower in our yard when we moved in. I had no idea that it was related to the iris flower.

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Sheila Brown

@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

15 May 16

I didn't either. It doesn't look anything like an iris, but I guess it is related as it grows from a rhizome.

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

16 May 16

It's pretty, but I haven't seen it in the UK.

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crazyhorseladycx

@crazyhorseladycx (39509)

• United States

15 May 16

i'm too lazy to find out what most're here, lol. i'd be most delighted to've some'f those growin' 'round here. no doubt they require more moisture than these lands provide. what a beautiful blue!

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Sheila Brown

@sgbrown (1638)

• United States

16 May 16

We have had a lot of rain this spring. I am going to dig some up and try to replant them in one of my flower beds. Hopefully, they will come back next spring. They are a beautiful blue!

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