Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. Blue-eyed grass is a compact, clump-forming Ohio native ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) — San Diego has a new official flower, following the City Council's unanimous vote Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native western blue-eyed grass. The campaign to ...

San Diego has a new city flower for the first time in 61 years. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with blue-eyed grass, a native flower that can be found ...

The city of San Diego could soon have a new official flower if the city council agrees Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native blue-eyed grass. The campaign to change San Diego's ...

The Western Blue-eyed Grass. (Photo courtesy of the city of San Diego via Facebook) The city of San Diego could soon have a new official flower if the City Council Tuesday agrees to replace the ...

San Diego has a new official flower, following the City Council's unanimous vote Tuesday to replace the non-native carnation with the native western blue-eyed grass. The campaign to change San Diego's ...

Larval host plants. Several species of native grasses are favorite host plants for butterflies, whose emerging caterpillars ...

Blue-eyed grass is a native Ohio perennial that belongs to the iris family, not the grass family. The plant features purple, star-shaped flowers with yellow centers that attract pollinators like bees ...