Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Xyris caroliniana
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 caroliniana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-002:
Xyris caroliniana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris flexuosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris pallescens
COMMON NAME:
Pineland yellow-eyed-grass, Carolina yellow-eyed-grass
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xyca_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_xyfl5_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmxcaroliniana_sandypl2
June
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Keith Bradley kab_x_caroliniana_4640
October Lee County FL
Wild Turkey Strand Preserve
Petal blades white or yellow, per Weakley's Flora.
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Tim Spira tpsxcaroliniana
Month Unknown
Leaves often lustrous, spirally twisted, 2-4mm wide. Scape spirally twisted, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Xyris caroliniana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris caroliniana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-002:
Xyris caroliniana
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris flexuosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Xyris pallescens
2395
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in dry to moist flatwoods, moist savannas, scrub oak sandhills, 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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p116
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p236
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p067