Spearbract Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium sagittiferum

native · Central Texas

Spearbract Blue-eyed Grass is a wildflower native to Central Texas. It wants full sun or part shade and low water, and handles caliche and clay soil. Blooms blue and purple in Apr–May.

Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources

Type: Wildflower
Sun: Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Water: Low
Bloom: Apr–May · blue, purple
Soil: Takes caliche and clay

Where it grows

2 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.