Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Xyris jupicai
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 jupicai
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-015:
Xyris jupicai
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris communis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris elata
COMMON NAME:
Richard's Yellow-eyed-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xyco5_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xyel3_001_lvd
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September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Scape 20-60cm long, flattened and strongly 2-ribbed above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Xyris jupicai
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris jupicai
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-015:
Xyris jupicai
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris communis
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris elata
1974
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia (at least some populations are)
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)
Look for it in ditches, various wet habitats, 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/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!
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p76
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p393
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p303