Why it’s choice: Plant names can be confusing, whether they are common names or scientific names, and blue-eyed grass may be in the running for one of the most confusing. First, it is not a grass at ...

For many naturalists and field biologists, it was one particular bird, butterfly, plant, or other organism that revealed a different way of seeing the world and led to a lifelong interest in nature.

Blue-Eyed Grass, Sisyrinchium spp. While I have been swapping out non-natives for natives in my garden for years, blue-eyed grass was not on my radar until a few years ago. I found it in my backyard.

Sometimes botany gives you a "Jeopardy" moment about a particular plant's origins. In the case of sisyrinchium, the category would be "plants that could be a grass or an iris for $200." This charming ...

I was surprised and delighted to see blue-eyed grass in bloom last week at the Marketplace at Hilltop shopping center. The dainty clumps of grass have little blooms that are reminiscent of ...

San Diego has a new city flower for the first time in 61 years. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with blue-eyed grass, a native flower that can be found ...