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Your search found 15 taxa.
Common Name:
Giant Yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris fimbriata
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xyris fimbriata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xyris fimbriata
035-01-001
Flowers open 1:00-3:00pm EDT, the petal blades yellow, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Pineland yellow-eyed-grass, Carolina yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xyris caroliniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xyris caroliniana
035-01-002
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris flexuosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris pallescens
Petal blades white or yellow, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Slender Yellow-eyed-grass, Mountain Yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris torta
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xyris torta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xyris torta
035-01-004
Our only species of Xyris not strongly associated with the Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Bog Yellow-eyed-grass, Coastal Plain Yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris ambigua
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xyris ambigua
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xyris ambigua
035-01-005
Corolla yellow, ephemeral; 3 fimbriate staminodia alternate with the 3 petals, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name:
Shortleaf yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris brevifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xyris brevifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xyris brevifolia
035-01-006
Spike subglobose, 4-6mm long or broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Common Name:
Baldwin's Yellow-eyed-grass, Grassleaf yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris baldwiniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xyris baldwiniana
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xyris baldwiniana
035-01-008
Scape as broad or broader than the leaf blades. Staminodia beardless, per Weakley's Flora.
Common Name:
Elliott's Yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xyris elliottii
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xyris elliottii
035-01-009
Stem 3-8", 4-ribbed, and minutely bumpy (papillose). Flowers open in the AM, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Common Name:
Acid Swamp Yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris serotina
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xyris serotina
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xyris serotina
035-01-013
Leaves flat, 7-20cm+ long, 2.5-4.5mm wide. Scape somewhat flattened above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Flowers grow from a conelike head at tip of stem, opening midmorning, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Common Name:
Richard's Yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris jupicai
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xyris jupicai
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Xyris jupicai
035-01-015
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris communis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris elata
Spike ellipsoid to ellipsoid-cylindrical, 8-15(25)mm long, 6-10mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
Mature spikes ovoid, sharply acute. Plants solitary or in small clumps, per Weakley's Flora.
Scape shorter than that of X. scabrifolia, and not glaucescent, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Common Name:
Roughleaf Yellow-eyed-grass, Scabrous-leaved Xyris, Harper's Yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris scabrifolia
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Xyris scabrifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris scabrifolia
Flowers grow from a conelike head at top of stem, opening midday or later, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Common Name:
Pineland Yellow-eyed-grass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Xyris stricta
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Xyris stricta
Spike oblong-cylindrical, obtuse. Scape's upper end conspicuously flattened, per Weakley's Flora.
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