Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Xyris torta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Xyris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris torta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-004:
Xyris torta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
COMMON NAME:
Slender Yellow-eyed-grass, Mountain Yellow-eyed-grass
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_xyto_004_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm120704_537
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Slender scape bears a conelike head from which flowers emerge 1-2 at a time, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm120705_587
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Leaves ascending, 8-20" long, 0.1-0.2" wide, usually spiraled or twisted, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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JK Marlow jkm120705_590
July Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
Our only species of Xyris not strongly associated with the Coastal Plain, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Xyris torta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris torta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-004:
Xyris torta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
1681
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain, rare in SC)
Look for it in mountain bogs, marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (crowded and appearing basal)
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens, 3 fimbriate staminodia
Superior ovary
Inflorescence a compact, terminal, capitate spike
FRUIT:
Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p116
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p236
- Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition p013
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p341
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p393
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p004