Deception is its charm. At ground level, blue-eyed grass offers thin, grasslike leaves and a small blue star, yet its botanical allegiance lies elsewhere: Sisyrinchium belongs to Iridaceae, the iris family, rather than Poaceae. Its common name misleads with confidence.The flower speaks. Six petal-like tepals radiate around a yellow center, a floral architecture shared with iris kin; grass flowers,...More