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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Xyris stricta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
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Learn more about Xyris from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris stricta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Xyris stricta var. stricta
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris stricta
COMMON NAME:
Pineland Yellow-eyed-grass, Strict Yellow-eyed-grass
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmxstricta_scotts
Month Unknown Williamsburg County SC
Petal blades triangular-cuneate, 3-5mm long, opening at mid-day, per Weakley's Flora (2020).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Xyris stricta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris stricta
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Xyris stricta var. stricta
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris stricta
2399
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Depression ponds, depression meadows, borrow pits, ultisol pine savannas, and ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate (crowded and appearing basal)
RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Densely cespitose [growing in dense tufts, clumping]
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
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