Another prairie wildflower now growing on the Missouri prairie, the Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium campestre), a member of the Iris family. Although this grass can grow to 2-feet tall, the ones I’ve been finding were closer to 12-inches. The flowers are small, blue 6-pointed stars, variable in size, but most are quite small (maybe 1/2 inch in diameter). Here are a couple of images captured on the nearby natural prairie:
More spring, prairie wildflowers to come!
Photographic Equipment Used:
- Canon 5D Mark 3 body
- Canon EF 180mm, f/3.5 macro lens
- Bogen 3221 tripod, with Graf Studioball ballhead
- ISO 500 (all photos)
- Aperture f/8 (top photo) and f/3.5 (bottom photo)
- Shutter 1/320 sec. (top photo) and 1/1000 sec. (bottom photo)