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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Xyris difformis   FAMILY Xyridaceae   Go to FSUS key

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris difformis var. difformis   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Xyris difformis var. difformis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-014:

Xyris difformis   FAMILY Xyridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Xyris difformis

 

COMMON NAME:
 Flatstem Yellow-eyed-grass, Bog Yellow-eyed-grass

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image of Xyris difformis, Flatstem Yellow-eyed-grass, Bog Yellow-eyed-grass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_xyris_difformis1

August    Hoke County    NC

Stems mostly 12-30" tall, flattened upward, narrowly winged, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

image of Xyris difformis, Flatstem Yellow-eyed-grass, Bog Yellow-eyed-grass

Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_xyris_difformis3

August    Hoke County    NC

Flowers grow from a conelike head at tip of stem, opening midmorning, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
 Xyris difformis   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris difformis var. difformis   FAMILY Xyridaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
 Xyris difformis var. difformis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-014:
 Xyris difformis   FAMILY Xyridaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
 Xyris difformis

 

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2720

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: pine savannas, roadside ditches, pond margins, acid seeps, bogs, other wet habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere)

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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

 

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