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Plant profile · Austin & Hill Country

Swordleaf Blue-eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium chilense
native · Central Texas

Swordleaf Blue-eyed Grass is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 1 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade. Blooms yellow, blue and violet in Mar–May. Evergreen — it holds its leaves through winter.

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The facts

3 sources
Type
Wildflower
Sun
Full sun to part shade (4–8 hrs of direct sun)
Height
About 1 ft
Bloom
Mar–May · yellow, blue, violet
Foliage
Evergreen

Where it grows

9 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.