[Blue-eyed Grass: The Genus Sisyrinchium in the Cascade Mts. of Oregon and Washington]

Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium sarmentosum

Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium)

What might be pale blue-eyed grass blooming in a vernally moist meadow in the Cascade Mountains of western Yakima County..........June 30, 2013. The taxonomy of this obscure species is currently under scrutiny and it may be a year or two before the species in these photos can be positively identified.

Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium)

What might be pale blue-eyed grass blooming in a vernally moist meadow in the Cascade Mountains of western Yakima County..........June 30, 2013.

Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium)

Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium)

What might be (probably not) pale blue-eyed grass as seen on vernally moist, grassy slopes on Silver Star Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest........June 3, 2016.

Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium) - Mountain Blue-eyed Grass, Pale Blue-eyed Grass, Suksdorf's Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium sarmentosum (Synonym: Sisyrinchium angustifolium)

What might be (probably not) pale blue-eyed grass as seen on vernally moist, grassy slopes on Silver Star Mountain, Gifford Pinchot National Forest........June 9, 2021.

Paul Slichter