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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xyris brevifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
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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 Flora of North America
Xyris brevifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-006:
Xyris brevifolia FAMILY Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris brevifolia
COMMON NAME:
Shortleaf Yellow-eyed-grass
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Spike subglobose, 4-6mm long or broad, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Xyris brevifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris brevifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Xyris brevifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-006:
Xyris brevifolia
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris brevifolia
2394
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet sands of pinelands, especially seasonally wet, open, white sands of spodosol longleaf pine flatwoods (Leon series soils), margins of Carolina bay sandrims, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain, rare in Carolinas
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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
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