NameThatPlant.net: Xyris jupicai

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xyris jupicai FAMILY Xyridaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Richard's Yellow-eyed-grass must be identified with care, as it has no outstanding characters of its own. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris jupicai FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Xyris jupicai

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-015:

Xyris jupicai FAMILY Xyridaceae

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Xyris caroliniana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Xyris communis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Xyris elata

COMMON NAME:
Richard's Yellow-eyed-grass

To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.

image of Xyris jupicai, Richard's Yellow-eyed-grass

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xyco5_001_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xyel3_001_lvd

JK Marlow jkm0509b_27

September Transylvania County NC

DuPont State Forest

Scape 20-60cm long, flattened and strongly 2-ribbed above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

JK Marlow jkm0509b_30

September Transylvania County NC

DuPont State Forest

Spike ellipsoid to ellipsoid-cylindrical, 8-15(25)mm long, 6-10mm broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xyris jupicai FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris jupicai FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Xyris jupicai

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-015:
Xyris jupicai FAMILY Xyridaceae

INCLUDING (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris caroliniana

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris communis

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris elata

1974

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Acid wetlands, ditches, various wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia (at least some populations are)

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (crowded and appearing basal)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
3 sepals
3 petals
3 stamens, 3 fimbriate staminodia
Superior ovary

Inflorescence a compact, terminal, capitate spike

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

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