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.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — San Diego has a new official flower, following the City Council's unanimous vote Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native western blue-eyed grass. The campaign to ...

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 ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — San Diego has a new official native flower after the city council unanimously approved the designation on Tuesday after a months-long campaign by a group that included public votes. The ...

SAN DIEGO — San Diego has a new official flower that's native to the area. On Tuesday, the City Council voted to replace the non-native carnation with the Blue-eyed Grass. The San Diego Bird Alliance ...

The city of San Diego could soon have a new official flower if the city council agrees Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native blue-eyed grass. The campaign to change San Diego's ...

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.

St. Patrick's Day celebrations are filled with green beer, corned beef, shepherd's pie, Irish whiskey, and shamrocks, and everyone is Irish. This year, I was thinking about the plants and flowers of ...

San Diego has a new official flower, following the City Council's unanimous vote Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native western blue-eyed grass. The campaign to change San Diego's ...

The city of San Diego could soon have a new official flower if the City Council Tuesday agrees to replace the non-native carnation with the native Blue-eyed Grass. The campaign to change San Diego’s ...

The Western Blue-eyed Grass. (Photo courtesy of the city of San Diego via Facebook) The city of San Diego could soon have a new official flower if the City Council Tuesday agrees to replace the ...