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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Xyris platylepis
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 platylepis
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-011:
Xyris platylepis FAMILY Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris platylepis
COMMON NAME:
Bulbous Yellow-eyed-grass, Tall Yellow-eyed-grass
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Xyris platylepis
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Xyris platylepis
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 035-01-011:
Xyris platylepis
FAMILY
Xyridaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Xyris platylepis
4439
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: sandhill seeps, pine savannas, ditches, rarely inland in acid seepage over rock, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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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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