​Stiff Blue-eyed Grass, Dwarf Blue-eyed Grass, Blue Star Grass,Sisyrinchium demissum,Iris Family (Iridaceae)

Found in moist areas, seeps, stream banks
Seen blooming in June near the Rio Chama in Abiquiu

You need a sharp eye to spot this delicate, star-shaped flower blooming in the grass. Blue-eyed Grass is not really a grass at all, but a type of Iris. It grows up to 20 inches tall with flat grass-like leaves and branched flower stems. Flowers are barely ½ inch across. They are bluish-violet with a yellow eye at the center and a bristle at the tip of the petals. Sisyrinchium species have a long history of medicinal use. They were used by Native Americans to ease hay fever, encourage regular bowel movements, quell diarrhea and to treat intestinal worms and stomach ache. Source.
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