Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Xyris brevifolia
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 brevifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-006:
Xyris brevifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
COMMON NAME:
Shortleaf yellow-eyed-grass
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June
Spike subglobose, 4-6mm long or broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmxbrevifolia_ths2
June
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June
Leaves linear; shorter than, equaling or slightly exceeding the scape's sheath, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Xyris brevifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris brevifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-006:
Xyris brevifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
2394
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA, rare in NC-SC
Look for it in wet sands of pinelands, esp seasonally wet, open, white sands of spodosol longleaf pine flatwoods (Leon series soils), margins of Carolina bay sandrims, 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
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