Sisyrinchium spp. (accepted: Sisyrinchium) · Iridaceae · all Sisyrinchium records · also called Various eyed-grasses · syn. Sisyrinchium spp. · Wikipedia
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Blue-eyed grass is rated fire resistant on limited evidence from western Washington and South Carolina.
King County's Forestry Program includes Sisyrinchium species in its table of fire-resistant perennials. King County calls the group various eyed-grasses, so its recommendation is expressed at the genus level rather than as a test of one named species. It gives western Washington gardeners a favorable reference for this group.
The South Carolina Forestry Commission lists blue-eyed grass among less-flammable plants with some fire resistance. Its wording supplies another favorable landscaping judgment, qualified by the phrase some fire resistance. The two publications consequently agree in direction while describing the recommendation differently.
Blue-eyed grass belongs to the iris family despite its common name. For a gardener comparing perennials, the useful answer is the compatible guidance from these two regional sources. Their listings support treating the group as fire resistant, with the evidence remaining limited and the genus-level scope intact.
Form
perennial
Rated in
South Carolina; western WA
On this lot
1. Fire evidence and conditions
Fire evidence
Fire-resistant — location does not change the cited classification.
King County's current wildfire page links this list for the Puget Sound Basin. FireApproved publishes 82 exact source owners as basin context, not statewide Washington guidance or a site-specific recommendation.
South Carolina Forestry Commission publishes this explicitly as its Fire Smart Plant List for South Carolina. FireApproved publishes 63 exact genus owners from 72 unique common-name labels; unsafe common-name mappings and duplicates are not broadened. The brochure calls the list non-inclusive and does not establish species-level or site-specific suitability.
2. Why this plant is relevant here
State distribution
Documented in WA.
Native range
Introduced / established
USDA hardiness
3. Legal, ecological, and broader status
Legal-list status
Seed-list status
Reported invasive here
Broader regional context
Federal context
How to read this page
The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.
Where its sources say to plant it
Placement rules below use each source's own distances or named zones, tied to its rating.
They are not interchangeable with the directory's current Zone 0 guidance.
Landscaping Can Be Attractive & FIREWISE: GROUNDCOVERS, BEDDING PLANTS, & VINES [SCFC Fire Smart plant-form sections] (with its recommendation)
The evidence
Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself
(a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or
republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.