[The Iris Family in Mount Adams Country]

Hybrid Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium idahoense X sarmentosum ?

Hybrid Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium idahoense X sarmentosum ? - Hybrid Blue-eyed Grass: Sisyrinchium idahoense X sarmentosum ?

A mix of what appears to be Sisyrinchium idahoense and Sisyrinchium idahoenseXsarmentosum growing in a vernally moist meadow. - Sisyrinchium idahoense X sarmentosum (left) and Sisyrinchium idahoense (right)

What appears to be hybrids of Sisyrinchium idahoense and Sisyrinchium sarmentosum as seen on public lands near Mount Adams.....June 16, 2021. The hybrids appear to be paler than Idaho blue-eyed grass but darker and with more purple in the flowers than the pale blue flowers of pale blue-eyed grass.

Paul Slichter