Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Xyris torta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
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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
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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
Habitat: mountain bogs, seeps, marshes, streambanks, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
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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
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p433
- 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