Native & Naturalized Plants of the Carolinas & Georgia

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2721

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 savannas, per Weakley's Flora

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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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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
 Xyris curtissii   FAMILY Xyridaceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 035-01-012:
 Xyris curtissii   FAMILY Xyridaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
 Curtiss's Yellow-eyed Grass

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Bruce A. Sorrie    bas_xyris_curtissii1

July    Moore County    NC

Stem 3-8", 4-ribbed, and minutely bumpy (papillose). Flowers open in the AM, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.