Golden-Eyed Grass

Golden-eyed grass is a diminutive perennial herb in the iris family, native to wet meadows, marshes, and coastal habitats of the Pacific Northwest and California. Unlike the more common blue-eyed grasses, it bears cheerful, bright yellow star-shaped flowers with six tepals, blooming from late spring through summer. The plant grows in clumps of slender, grasslike leaves and thrives in seasonally wet to consistently moist soils. Ecologically, golden-eyed grass provides nectar and pollen for native bees and other insects while its dense clumps help stabilize soils in wetland and riparian areas, making it valuable for both biodiversity and restoration plantings. It will readily seed out if it’s happy.